Table 3 Socio-economic stratified absolute risk (AR) and absolute risk difference (ARD), with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of psychotropic medication use during the year after a diagnosis of complex region pain syndrome (CRPS) and nerve injuries in upper and lower limbs in the 4,706,821 individuals aged 25–64 residing in Sweden by 2010. Values are percentages and percentage unit differences adjusted for age, previous psychotropic drugs consumption and previous CRPS diagnosis.
From: Complex regional pain syndrome and use of psychotropic drugs as a proxy for psychological health
General population | Nerve injuries | CRPS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type 1 | Type 2 | |||||||||||||
N | AR | ARD | N | AR | ARD (95% CI) | N | AR | ARD (95% CI) | N | AR | ARD (95% CI) | |||
Income | ||||||||||||||
Low | 1,233,269 | 17.07 | Ref | 7,201 | 19.94 | 2.87 (2.25–3.50) | 300 | 18.40 | 1.34 (−1.39-4,06) | 101 | 24.39 | 7.33 (1.16–13.49) | ||
Middle | 1,614,653 | 15.05 | Ref | 8,734 | 16.98 | 1.92 (1.41–2.43) | 278 | 15.92 | 0.87 (−1.65-3.38) | 79 | 23.19 | 8.13 (1.14–15.13) | ||
High | 1,832,912 | 12.84 | Ref | 9,018 | 14.98 | 1.85 (1.37–2.33) | 231 | 16.05 | 3.22 (0.10–6.33) | 45 | 30.09 | 17.25 (4.72–29.78) | ||
Occupational status | ||||||||||||||
Low | 263,995 | 16.49 | Ref | 1,976 | 18.60 | 2.12 (0.96–3.27) | 76 | 18.28 | 1.79 (−4.01-7.59) | 27 | 20.50 | 4.01 (−5.98-14.00) | ||
Middle-Low | 2,047,843 | 14.25 | Ref | 13,142 | 16.29 | 2.04 (1.62–2.46) | 422 | 15.85 | 1.60 (−0.55-8.52) | 125 | 18.14 | 3.89 (−0.74-8.52) | ||
Middle-high | 810,155 | 12.50 | Ref | 3,492 | 14.51 | 2.02 (1.24–2.79) | 99 | 13.05 | 0.56 (−3.22-4.33) | 19 | 47.15 | 34.65 (10.52–58.78) | ||
High | 1,051,008 | 11.94 | Ref | 3,618 | 14.25 | 2.31 (1.54–3.08) | 98 | 14.16 | 2.22 (−2.28-6.72) | 16 | 36.98 | 25.03 (3.73–46.33) | ||
Missing | 507,833 | 24.95 | Ref | 2,725 | 27.79 | 2.84 (1.81–3.87) | 114 | 28.13 | 3.18 (−1.93-8.29) | 38 | 39.55 | 14.60 (2.12–27.08) | ||
Sex | ||||||||||||||
Men | 2,370,382 | 11.06 | Ref | 9,527 | 12.93 | 1.87 (1.44–2.31) | 278 | 13.46 | 2.41 (0.03–4.78) | 63 | 20.54 | 9.49 (1.20-17.78) | ||
Women | 2,310,452 | 18.46 | Ref | 15,426 | 20.64 | 2.18 (1.75–2.60) | 531 | 19.44 | 0.97 (−1.18-3.12) | 162 | 27.63 | 9.16 (3.94–14.39) | ||
Country of birth | ||||||||||||||
Native | 3,870,535 | 14.79 | Ref | 20,792 | 16.66 | 1.87 (1.54–2.19) | 613 | 15.20 | 0.41 (−1.41-2.07) | 159 | 22.93 | 8.14 (3.24–13.04) | ||
Immigrant | 810,299 | 14.36 | Ref | 4,161 | 18.47 | 4.10 (3.27–4.94) | 196 | 21.09 | 6.73 (2.59–10.88) | 66 | 28.57 | 14.21 (4.57–23.85) | ||
Age | ||||||||||||||
25–34 | 1,100,122 | 9.94 | Ref | 3,270 | 19.71 | 9.77 (8.41–11.13) | 118 | 35.32 | 25.38 (16.78–33.98) | 32 | 43.60 | 33.66 (16.50-50.82) | ||
35–44 | 1,241,560 | 12.79 | Ref | 5,965 | 22.79 | 10.09 (9.03–11.16) | 203 | 36.10 | 23.40 (16.81–29.99) | 70 | 41.38 | 28.67 (17.15–40.20) | ||
45–54 | 1,188,661 | 16.17 | Ref | 7,771 | 27.28 | 11.11 (10.12–12.10) | 265 | 32.40 | 16.23 (10.60-21.86) | 78 | 32.95 | 16.78 (6.38–27.17) | ||
55–64 | 1,150,491 | 19.75 | Ref | 7,947 | 29.64 | 9.89 (8.88–10.90) | 223 | 33.30 | 13.56 (7.37–19.75) | 45 | 51.60 | 31.85 (17.26–46.44) | ||
