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- Table 1:
Occurrence of any diagnosed physical pain indicator or mental health condition since birth
Pain indicator or mental health diagnosis First Nations, %
n = 2631Non–First Nations, %
n = 2631p value* Diabetes 2.8 1.3 < 0.001 Fracture 11.5 9.4 0.01 Burn 6.3 3.5 < 0.001 Wound 21.1 16.2 < 0.001 Viral or other intestinal infection 25.8 16.7 < 0.001 Location of pain Abdomen or pelvis 0.7 0.6 0.7 Throat (infection) 89.3 78.8 < 0.001 Ear (infection) 67.3 56.8 < 0.001 Dental (condition or infection) 41.4 23.8 < 0.001 Urinary tract (infection) 21.6 17.9 < 0.001 Head (headache) 32.9 23.6 < 0.001 Joints (arthritis) 0.3 0.5 0.4 Nonspecific 2.0 2.6 0.2 Any physical indicator 93.6 85.5 < 0.001 NICU admission, n = 2205 24.4 18.4 < 0.001 CCDSS mental health diagnosis 2.0 3.7 < 0.001 Note: CCDSS = Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System, NICU = neonatal intensive care unit.
↵* p value for difference between each group (logistic).
- Table 2:
Occurrence of any diagnosed physical pain indicator or mental health condition since birth, stratified by age
Pain indicator or mental health diagnosis Age ≤ 9 yr Age 10–17 yr First Nations, %
n = 1704Non–First Nations, %
n = 1704p value* First Nations, %
n = 927Non–First Nations, %
n = 927p value* Diabetes 1.4 0.7 0.049 5.3 2.4 0.002 Fracture 5.5 4.4 0.1 22.5 18.6 0.03 Burn 3.6 2.3 0.03 11.1 5.5 < 0.001 Wound 13.6 9.9 < 0.001 35.0 27.7 < 0.001 Viral or other intestinal infection 22.6 13.9 < 0.001 31.7 21.9 < 0.001 Location of pain Abdomen or pelvis 0.2 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.9 0.2 Throat (infection) 84.2 72.5 < 0.001 98.6 90.4 < 0.001 Ear (infection) 57.4 48.2 < 0.001 85.8 72.5 < 0.001 Dental (condition or infection) 32.8 18.4 < 0.001 57.3 33.9 < 0.001 Urinary tract (infection) 16.0 13.3 0.02 31.7 26.4 0.01 Head (headache) 23.0 14.3 < 0.001 50.7 39.9 < 0.001 Joints (arthritis) 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.4 Nonspecific 0.8 0.8 > 0.9 4.2 5.8 0.1 Any physical indicator 90.6 80.9 < 0.001 99.2 93.9 < 0.001 CCDSS mental health diagnosis 0.6 2.0 < 0.001 4.5 6.6 0.045 Note: CCDSS = Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System.
↵* Indicates p value for difference between each group (logistic).
- Table 3:
Specialist visit following a diagnosis of a physical pain indicator or mental health condition
Pain indicator or mental health diagnosis First Nations, %
n = 2631Non–First Nations, %
n = 2631p value* Diabetes 1.0 0.6 0.1 Fracture 8.6 6.7 0.01 Burn 0.5 0.6 0.6 Wound 0.8 1.4 0.03 Dog bite –† –† –† Viral or other intestinal infection 2.4 1.7 0.1 Location of pain Abdomen or pelvis 0.0 0.1 0.6 Throat (infection) 12.7 16.1 < 0.001 Ear (infection) 11.8 15.5 < 0.001 Dental (condition or infection) 21.6 9.4 < 0.001 Urinary tract (infection) 3.3 3.7 0.5 Head (headache) 7.6 6.2 0.03 Joints (arthritis) 0.3 0.2 0.3 Nonspecific 0.4 0.8 0.06 CCDSS mental health diagnosis 0.6 1.6 < 0.001 Any indicator 84.7 83.1 0.1 Pain indicator First Nations, %
n = 2205Non–First Nations, %
n = 2205p value* NICU admission 24.4 18.4 < 0.001 Arterial catheter 0.1 0.1 > 0.9 Central venous catheter 0.8 1.5 0.046 Endotracheal intubation complications 0 0 – Vaccination 0.2 0.5 0.07 Mode of ventilation 0.8 1.0 0.5 Nasogastric and orogastric tube complications 0.0 0.0 – Peripheral intravenous catheter 1.3 1.2 0.8 Vascular catheter complication 0.0 0.0 – Trauma 1.7 1.3 0.3 Burn complication 0.0 0.0 – Note: NICU = neonatal intensive care unit.
↵* Indicates p value for difference between each group (logistic).
- Table 5:
Adolescents with a CCDSS mental health diagnosis (n = 927) with and without a pain indicator diagnosis in early childhood
Pain indicator Mental health diagnosis (10–17 yr), % p value* No diagnosis of pain indicator (≤ 9 yr) Diagnosis of pain indicator (≤ 9 yr) Non–First Nations Diabetes 6.0 5.9 > 0.9 Fracture 6.0 6.8 0.8 Burn 6.1 –† 0.7 Wound 5.3 8.5 0.08 Viral or other intestinal infection 4.5 11.8 < 0.001 Location of pain Abdomen or pelvis 5.9 40.0 0.001 Throat (infection) 2.5 6.6 0.08 Ear (infection) 4.7 6.6 0.3 Dental (condition or infection) 5.1 8.2 0.06 Urinary tract (infection) 5.1 9.0 0.04 Head (headache) 5.4 7.6 0.2 Joints (arthritis) 5.9 25.0 0.02 Nonspecific 5.7 19.2 0.004 First Nations Diabetes 3.1 0 0.3 Fracture 3.0 3.2 0.9 Burn 2.9 –† 0.002 Wound 3.0 3.1 0.9 Viral or other intestinal infection 2.7 3.8 0.4 Location of pain Abdomen or pelvis 3.1 0 0.6 Throat (infection) 9.1 2.9 0.09 Ear (infection) 2.1 3.2 0.5 Dental (condition or infection) 2.1 3.8 0.1 Urinary tract (infection) 2.5 4.3 0.2 Head (headache) 3.4 2.3 0.3 Joints (arthritis) 3.0 –† 0.8 Nonspecific 3.0 7.1 0.4