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. 2022 Sep 1;30(3):433-448.
doi: 10.1891/JNM-D-20-00126. Epub 2021 Sep 13.

The Area Deprivation Index Corresponds Effectively With Other Measures of Objective Socioeconomic Status in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

Pamela Jackson  1 , Burel R Goodin  2 , D Leann Long  2 , Rita Jablonski  2 , Terence M Penn  2 , Andrew M Sims  2 , Tammie Quinn  2 , Demario S Overstreet  2 , Mirjam-Colette Kempf  2 , Deanna D Rumble  2 , Edwin N Aroke  2
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The Area Deprivation Index Corresponds Effectively With Other Measures of Objective Socioeconomic Status in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

Pamela Jackson et al. J Nurs Meas. .

Abstract

Background and Purpose: How the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) performs compared to other measures of socioeconomic status (SES) is unknown. The study purpose is to compare the ADI and other measures of SES in their ability to predict pain severity/interference. Methods: Four measures of SES were compared-ADI, income, education, and subjective social status (SSS). Results: Pain severity/interference correlated positively with ADI (r = .396/r = .33), and negatively with income (r = -.507/r = -.428) and education (r = -.271/r = -.102). Criterion scores of the pain severity model suggest income performs best (AIC = 428.29/BIC = 436.22), followed by ADI (AIC = 437.24/BIC = 445.17), with education performing least well (AIC = 446.35/BIC = 454.29). Similar results were seen for the pain interference model. Conclusions: Neighborhood-level factors warrant consideration along with individual-level factors when attempting to understand the impact of SES on chronic low back pain.

Keywords: chronic pain; residence characteristics; social class; social environment.

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Figure 1.
Relationship of objective and subjective SES measures and chronic low back pain. Note. ADI = Area Deprivation Index; 1 = Individual-Level, Subjective; 2 = Individual-Level, Objective; 3 = Area-Level, Objective.
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Figure 2.
AIC and BIC scores for SES pain severity and pain interference with SES measures.
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Figure 3.
Degree of agreement between ADI Deciles for 2013 and 2015.
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