Abstract
The Great East Japan Earthquake and devastating Tsunami hit hard everything on the northeastern coast of Japan. This study aimed to determine socio-psychological factors for "subjective shoulder pain" of the survivors at 2 years evaluated by a self-report questionnaire. Between November 2012 to February 2013, survivors replied to the self-report questionnaire, and 2275 people consented to join this study. Living status was divided into 5 categories (1. same house as before the earthquake (reference group), 2. temporary small house, 3. apartment, 4. house of relatives or acquaintance, 5. new house) and economic hardship was divided into 4 categories (1. normal (reference group), 2. a little bit hard, 3. hard, 4. very hard). Gender, age, body mass index, living areas, smoking and drinking habits, complications of diabetes mellitus and cerebral stroke, working status, and walking time were considered as the confounding factors. Kessler Psychological Distress Scale of ≥10/24 and Athens Insomnia Scale of ≥6/24 points were defined as a presence of psychological distress and sleep disturbance, respectively. We used multiple logistic regression analysis to examine the association of shoulder pain with living environment, economic hardship, psychological distress, and sleep disturbance at 2 years after the earthquake. There were significant differences in the risk of having shoulder pain in those with "apartment" (OR=1.74, 95% CI=1.03-2.96), "house of relatives or acquaintance" (OR=2.98, 95% CI=1.42-6.25), economic hardship of "hard" (OR=1.71, 95% CI=1.08-2.7) and "very hard" (OR=2.51, 95% CI=1.47-4.29), and sleep disturbance (OR=2.96, 95% CI=2.05-4.27). Living status of "apartment" and "house of relatives or acquaintance", economic hardship of "hard" and "very hard", and "sleep disturbance" were significantly associated with shoulder pain.
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