https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28078 Wed 04 Sep 2019 10:40:20 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33070 Wed 04 Sep 2019 10:04:24 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35751 Thu 28 Nov 2019 12:38:45 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51789 Mon 18 Sep 2023 15:18:25 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43798 1 site), and one third had ≥5 joint pain sites. Compared to women with fewer joint pain sites, women with >5 joint pain sites (multisite joint pain) had significantly poorer physical and emotional health-related quality of life, more severe pain, a higher probability of neuropathic pain, and a longer duration of pain. More than half of women in the multisite joint pain group were still employed, statistically significantly more than women with no joint pain. In the final model, pain duration, the number of medications, pain intensity (discomforting and distressing) and the physical component of health-related quality of life were significantly associated with increased number of joint pain sites. Conclusions: Over one-third of older women in our sample had >5 painful joints in the last month. These women demonstrated significantly poorer psychosocial health, and increased medication use, than women with no or fewer sites of joint pain. Many women with multisite joint pain were still in the workforce, even when nearing retirement age. This study has important implications for future research into musculoskeletal pain, particularly in regards to womens health and wellbeing, and for clinical practice where there should be increased awareness of the implications of concurrent, multisite joint pain.]]> Fri 30 Sep 2022 14:15:32 AEST ]]>