Table 4
Health care use in past 12 months, by sex and chronic pain status, household population aged 12 to 44, Canada, 2007/2008
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Characteristic | Males | Females | ||||||
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Estimated number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | Estimated number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | |||
from | to | from | to | |||||
Consulted health care professional | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 622 | 93.0* | 91.8 | 94.3 | 846 | 97.7*‡ | 97.0 | 98.5 |
No chronic pain† | 5,919 | 89.0 | 88.4 | 89.6 | 6,125 | 96.0‡ | 95.6 | 96.3 |
Has regular medical doctor | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 511 | 76.5* | 74.1 | 78.9 | 762 | 88.0*‡ | 86.4 | 89.6 |
No chronic pain† | 4,862 | 73.1 | 72.4 | 73.9 | 5,398 | 84.6‡ | 83.9 | 85.3 |
Consulted family doctor/general practitioner | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 507 | 75.8* | 73.5 | 78.1 | 756 | 87.4*‡ | 85.7 | 89.0 |
No chronic pain† | 4,045 | 60.8 | 59.8 | 61.7 | 4,919 | 77.0‡ | 76.2 | 77.8 |
Consulted other medical doctor | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 214 | 32.1* | 29.4 | 34.8 | 420 | 48.4*‡ | 46.0 | 50.9 |
No chronic pain† | 985 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 1,843 | 28.8‡ | 28.0 | 29.7 |
Consulted nurse | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 92 | 13.8* | 12.0 | 15.6 | 193 | 22.3*‡ | 20.3 | 24.3 |
No chronic pain† | 541 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 903 | 14.1‡ | 13.5 | 14.8 |
Consulted chiropractor | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 139 | 20.7* | 18.4 | 23.1 | 177 | 20.5* | 18.5 | 22.4 |
No chronic pain† | 644 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 705 | 11.0‡ | 10.5 | 11.6 |
Consulted physiotherapist | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 127 | 19.0* | 16.7 | 21.4 | 176 | 20.3* | 18.4 | 22.3 |
No chronic pain† | 441 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 427 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
Consulted social worker/counsellor | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 47 | 7.1* | 5.8 | 8.4 | 117 | 13.5*‡ | 11.9 | 15.1 |
No chronic pain† | 279 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 427 | 6.7‡ | 6.3 | 7.1 |
Consulted psychologist | ||||||||
Chronic pain | 38 | 5.7* | 4.6 | 6.9 | 89 | 10.3*‡ | 8.9 | 11.7 |
No chronic pain† | 172 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 294 | 4.6‡ | 4.2 | 5.0 |
† reference category * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05) ‡ significantly different from estimate for males (p<0.05) Source: 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey, 24-month file. |
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