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Table 1 Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain, self-rated health and mental health by ethnicity and gender (%)

From: Musculoskeletal pain in Arctic indigenous and non-indigenous adolescents, prevalence and associations with psychosocial factors: a population-based study

 

Sami

Non-Sami

Total Ethnic difference

Variables

Males

Females

Total

Gender

Males

Females

Total

Gender diff.

 

N = 228

N = 222

N = 450

diff.

N = 1981

N = 2018

N = 3999

Musculoskeletal pain:

Headache

42.7

65.6

54.0

21.79**

37.5

62.7

50.3

245.30**

1.97p=.16

Neck/shoulder pain

29.0

45.5

37.1

11.61**

27.2

42.5

34.9

98.02**

.71p=.40

Back pain

28.8

31.1

30.0

.16p=.69

30.8

38.0

34.4

21.73**

3.18p=.08

Arm/knee/leg pain

32.9

31.6

32.2

.03p=.85

29.5

33.6

31.6

7.39*

.06p=.81

Self-rated health (SRH):

Good/very good SRH

89.2

86.6

88.0

.48p=.49

90.2

87.3

88.8

8.14*

.19p=.67

Physical injury

5.3

1.4b

3.3

4.20p=.04

3.3

2.4

2.9

2.61p=.11

.16p=.69

Mental health:

Anxiety/depressiona

7.6

32.0

19.6

40.43**

7.6

30.4

19.2

331.67**

.02p=.88

Help seeking behavior

1.8c

8.8

5.2

9.05*

3.5

9.5

6.5

55.69**

.85p=.36

  1. Note: *p ≤ .01, **p ≤ .001.
  2. aHopkins Symptom Checklist-10, cut-off 1.85.
  3. bOnly 3 subjects. cOnly 4 subjects.
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