Table 3

Pain severity after amputation

Crude model†Adjusted model‡
OR95% CIP valueOR95% CIP value
Family income0.540.36 to 0.800.002*0.550.35 to 0.880.012*
Psychological distress2.401.48 to 3.39<0.001**2.391.42 to 4.020.001*
Severity of injury0.240.26 to 1.410.134
Unemployment due to trauma0.910.44 to 1.890.808
Loss of family members1.490.73 to 3.060.277
  • Ordinal weekly pain scale from 0 to 4: never, 1 day a week or less, 2–3 days, 4–6 days and daily.

  • *P<0.05, **P<0.001

  • †Crude model: ordinal logistic regression adjusted for age and gender, with pain as the dependent variable.

  • ‡Adjusted model: severity of injury, psychological distress and severity of injury added to the model described in †.