Patients with a history of fracture were associated with an increased likelihood of chronic widespread bodily pain, according to a study published in the Archives of Osteoporosis.
Researchers identified 501,733 participants from the UK Biobank study who completed a series of touchscreen computer-based questionnaires followed by face-to-face interviews with trained research staff. Researchers used multivariable Poisson regression with robust standard errors to test the relationship between fractures that occurred at the spine, hip, upper limb or lower limb in the five years prior to the baseline interview and chronic widespread bodily pain.
Here are three points:
1. Investigators found 9.46 percent of participants reported at least one fracture of the upper limb, lower limb, spine or hip during the preceding five years.
2. Women more commonly reported fractures than men and Caucasians more commonly reported fractures than all other ethnic groups.
3. Results showed 1.42 percent of participants reported widespread bodily pain, of which 13.8 percent of participants had a previous fracture and 8.1 percent reported at least one fracture of hip, spine, upper or lower limbs.