Chronic and Acute Pain and Adverse Economic Outcomes in a 9/11-Exposed Cohort

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• Personal Author:
  Alper HE ; Brite J ; Cone, James E. ; Maqsood J ; Yu S
• Description:
  The objective of this study was to determine the association between acute and chronic pain and various economic and quality-of-life outcomes. The study sample was drawn from the World Trade Center Health Registry. Both acute and chronic pain were measured in 2020-2021. Logistic regression models were constructed to determine the odds of several economic and quality-of-life variables: early retirement, low household income, decline in household income, quality of life, and not working due to health. Those who had extreme pain in the last four weeks that interfered with normal work had 3.12 (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.36, 4.39) times the odds of early retirement, 5.34 (95% CI: 3.47, 8.21) times the odds of having a household income below USD 50,000, 2.56 (95% CI: 1.51, 4.33) times the odds of having an income decrease, and 14.4 (95% CI: 11.3, 18.3) times the rate of poor health days compared to those with no pain. Similar results were found for chronic pain. The detrimental effects of pain may influence multiple facets of a patient's life, and both financial and overall well-being may diminish even several years after a pain diagnosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Acute Pain Author Keywords: Chronic Pain Cohort Studies Mental Health Quality Of Life Socioeconomics Wellbeing World Trade Center WTC
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; New York City Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070333
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2024 Nov; 21(11):1490
• Contact Point Address:
  Jennifer Brite, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 11101, USA
• Email:
  jbrite@york.cuny.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Health/Mental Hygiene
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090430
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:46964fdfb4369d2a9b4d9ad725672d1362853af7ae636f1b6b17e2fa081664e4f72e59dd44cf3a9b40c9468f58f25665dc5538853d917291d997ec771e3f3620
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208566/cdc_208566_DS1.pdf
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