Prevalence of self reported musculoskeletal diseases is high
OBJECTIVES: To present the prevalence of self reported musculoskeletal diseases, the coexistence of these diseases, the test-retest reliability with six months in between, and the association with musculoskeletal pain symptoms. METHODS: Twelve layman descriptions of common musculoskeletal diseases were part of the questionnaires of a prospective cohort study of a random sample in the general Dutch population aged 25 years or more (baseline: n=3664, follow up after six months: n=2338). Data collection also included information about pain relating to five different anatomical areas. RESULTS: Ost... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Schlagwörter: | *Health Surveys / Adult / Aged / Arthritis / Rheumatoid/epidemiology / Female / Fibromyalgia/epidemiology / Gout/epidemiology / Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Musculoskeletal Diseases/*epidemiology / Neck Injuries/epidemiology / Netherlands/epidemiology / Osteoarthritis / Hip/epidemiology / Knee/epidemiology / Osteoporosis/epidemiology / Prevalence / Prospective Studies / Reproducibility of Results / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't / Sex Distribution / Tendinopathy/epidemiology / Time Factors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28786687 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/8510 |
OBJECTIVES: To present the prevalence of self reported musculoskeletal diseases, the coexistence of these diseases, the test-retest reliability with six months in between, and the association with musculoskeletal pain symptoms. METHODS: Twelve layman descriptions of common musculoskeletal diseases were part of the questionnaires of a prospective cohort study of a random sample in the general Dutch population aged 25 years or more (baseline: n=3664, follow up after six months: n=2338). Data collection also included information about pain relating to five different anatomical areas. RESULTS: Osteoarthritis of the knee (men 10.1%, women 13.6%) was amongst the most reported musculoskeletal diseases, whereas the figures for self reported rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were 1.6% and 4.6% for men and women, respectively. The coexistence of these diseases is high: 47 of the 66 combinations were reported more often than would be expected if they were independent of each other (p<0.05). For most diseases the test-retest reliability was good (kappa between 0.6 and 0.8), but for repetitive strain injury (kappa=0.37) and chronic arthr