Chronic pain in multi-traumatized outpatients with a refugee background resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Frequency of chronic pain locations in gender

	Men (n = 36)		Women (n = 25)		Total population (n = 61)		Chi²/t-value	p-value
Variables	N	%	N	%	N	%
Chronic pain locations*
Stomach pain	16	45.7	19	54.3	35	57.3	6.007	0.019	0.224
Chest pain	28	62.2	17	37.8	45	73.8	0.729	0.555	1.000
Arms/legs pain	21	52.5	19	47.5	40	65.6	2.040	0.181	1.000
Back pain	19	50.0	19	50.0	38	62.3	3.387	0.106	0.957
Joints pain	16	48.5	17	51.5	33	54.1	3.297	0.116	0.930
Head pain	27	55.1	22	44.9	49	80.3	1.578	0.328	1.000
Pain during urination	10	50.0	10	50.0	20	32.8	1.000	0.408	1.000
Other pain locations	10	52.6	9	47.6	19	31.1	0.465	0.579	1.000
Chronic pain at clinical levels	23	57.5	17	42.5	40	100	0.110	0.790	-
Total number of pain locations # Mean (SD)	4.08(2.13)		5.28(1.86)		4.57(2.09)		−2.271	0.027	-

Exact chi-square tests were performed; (*) Chronic pain at clinical levels; (#) T-tests; (§) p-values adjusted for multiple testing by Holm adjustment; in bold significant p-values.

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