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Table 2 Association between pain intensity and health-related quality of life measured by SF–36 in Brazilian and Dutch older adults

From: Does the intensity of pain and disability affect health-related quality of life of older adults with back pain? Multilevel analysis between Brazil and Netherlands: a cross-sectional study of the BACE consortium

Outcome

SF-36

Total Sample

Brazil

Netherlands

Beta 0

Beta 1

CI95%

Beta 0

Beta 1

CI95%

Beta 0

Beta 1

CI95%

Physical role functioning

25.76

-0.88

-0.97-

-0.79

23.33

-0.65

-0.79-

-0.51

26.42

-0.86

-1,00-

-0.73

Physical functioning

6.50

-0.18

-0,21-

-0,15

6.20

-0.14

-0.19-

-0.10

6.66

-0.21

-0.26-

-0.16

Bodily pain

8.28

-0.33

-0.37-

-0.29

8.21

-0.30

-0.36-

-0.24

8.46

-0.39

-0.44-

-0.34

General health perceptions

19.01

-0.33

-0.41-

-0.25

19.10

-0.30

-0.44-

-0.17

19.24

-0.43

-0.54-

-0.32

Vitality

17.75

-0.45

-0.54-

-0.37

15.87

-0.27

-0.42-

-0.12

18.31

-0.46

-0.57-

-0.35

Social role functioning

8.77

-0.22

-0.26-

-0.18

8.19

-0.18

-0.25-

-0.11

8.84

-0.19

-0.24-

-0.14

Emotional role functioning

5.61

-0.12

-0.15-

-0.10

4.97

-0.07

-0.11-

-0.03

5.72

-0.09

-0.13-

-0.06

Mental health

25.07

-0.53

-0.64-

-0.43

22.28

-0.34

-0.53-

-0.51

25.37

-0.35

-0.47-

-0.22

  1. SF-36, 36-item Short Form Health Survey, Beta 0: Intercept of the model; Beta 1: coefficient of independent variable. Models adjusted by sex, age and education