Incidence of musculoskeletal pain in adult Kuwaitis using the validated Arabic version of the WHO-ILAR COPCORD Core Questionnaire.
Background: The WHO-ILAR Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) primarily aims to estimate the burden of musculoskeletal symptoms/disorders. We estimated the incidence of musculoskeletal pain in the first community-based COPCORD study in KuwaitSubjects and Methods: Th...
| Published in: | Annals of Saudi Medicine Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 459 - 463 |
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| Format: | clinical trial research Journal Article |
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Association of Arab Universities
Nov-Dec2005
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105953649&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105953649 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02564947 IKW jtl: Annals of Saudi Medicine issn: 02564947 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov-Dec2005 vid: 25 iid: 6 pid: 55627 pub: Association of Arab Universities place: Great Neck, New York artinfo: ui: 105953649 105953649 NLM16438453 2009328304 NLM16438453 105953649 ppf: 459 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Incidence of musculoskeletal pain in adult Kuwaitis using the validated Arabic version of the WHO-ILAR COPCORD Core Questionnaire. aug: au: Al-Awadhi AM Olusi SO Al-Saeid K Moussa M Shehab D Al-Zaid N Al-Herz A Al-Jarallah K Al-Awadhi, Adel M Olusi, Samuel O Al-Saeid, Khaled Moussa, Mohamed Shehab, Dia Al-Zaid, Naji Al-Herz, Adeeba Al-Jarallah, Khalid affil: Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kuwait sug: subj: Musculoskeletal Diseases Epidemiology Adolescence Adult Aged Body Mass Index Clinical Trials Female Kuwait Male Middle Age Pain Epidemiology Questionnaires Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Background: The WHO-ILAR Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) primarily aims to estimate the burden of musculoskeletal symptoms/disorders. We estimated the incidence of musculoskeletal pain in the first community-based COPCORD study in KuwaitSubjects and Methods: The validated Arabic version of the WHO-ILAR COPCORD Core Questionnaire was used in a survey of 2500 randomly selected Kuwaiti households to assess the frequency of musculoskeletal pain, disability, and health-seeking behavior in adult Kuwaitis. Those subjects reporting no musculoskeletal pain were identified and followed-up for a period of one year by contacting them every 2 weeks. Once a respondent reported pain, an appointment to report to hospital was offered and the subject was examined by a rheumatologist using American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria.Results: Of 5159 adults who were non-complainers in an earlier prevalence phase of the study, 3341 responded to phone calls (response rate of 65%). The incidence of musculoskeletal pain was 6.6% (95% CI, 3.4%-9.7%) Age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates were 7.2% (95% CI, 3.4%-10.5%) for females and 6.1% (95% CI, 3.1%-9.2%) for males. The incidence rate increased with increasing age, body mass index, and with being married. The common sites of pain were knee, low back and shoulder.Conclusion: The incidence of musculoskeletal pain among Kuwaiti adults is reported for the first time. Further studies adopting the same instrument in other communities are warranted to compare with our findings. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: clinical trial research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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