Prevalence and correlates of inflammatory arthritis in Germany: data from the First National Health Survey

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to generate data on the prevalence of inflammatory arthritis in different subgroups of the population and to identify correlates on the basis of population-based cross-sectional data: the "First National Health Survey of the Federal Republic of Germany". This Survey investigated the prevalence of inflammatory arthritis, comorbidity and health-relevant behaviors on the basis of interviews with physicians and medical evaluations conducted in the period from October 1997 to March 1999. The study was based on a net sample comprising 6,461 subjects aged 18-79. Our data demonstrate an overall prevalence of 3.4% for inflammatory arthritis. The prevalence of inflammatory arthritis is significantly higher in women, the over-50, lower-income groups, and habitual smokers. Patients with inflammatory arthritis have a higher rate of numerous comorbidities such as osteoporosis, thyroid disease, chronic bronchial disease, hypertension, and elevated blood lipids versus healthy reference groups.

Prävalenz ausgewählter muskuloskelettaler Erkrankungen

“…Bevölkerungsrepräsentative Daten zur gegenwärtigen Verbreitung von MSKE in Deutschland sind größtenteils krankheitsspezifisch und stützen sich meist auf kleinräumige Datenerhebungen oder Diagnose-und andere Routinedaten [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]. Zu den MSKE zählen sowohl degenerative Gelenkerkrankungen (z.…”

Prävalenz von muskuloskelettalen Beschwerden und selbstberichteter Gelenkarthrose in der Herner Bevölkerung

“…Symptomatische Gelenkarthrosen treten mit zunehmendem Alter gehäuft auf und betreffen Frauen meist häufiger als Männer [17,22,35,36,38]. Sie sind in unterschiedlichem Maß mit der Behinderung von körperlichen Tätig-keiten, Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens und einer Einschränkung der Lebensqualität verbunden [9,11,18,21,25,34,35,37]. Arthrosen des Knie-oder Hüftgelenks gehören zu den häufigsten Lokalisationen [17,22,35,36,38] und gefährden häufiger als andere Lokalisationen die Selbständig-keit der Lebensführung [36,38].…”

Socioeconomic disparities in self-reported arthritis for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aged 18–64

“…In Canada, both individual-and regional-level SES were associated with higher relative odds of self-reported arthritis (Cañiz-ares et al 2008). In Germany, 'inflammatory' arthritis (mainly RA), as determined by physician interview, was significantly more common in those with lower education and those of lower social class, and less common among most non-manual occupational categories (Schneider et al 2006). In Denmark, lower educational level was significantly associated with recently diagnosed RA (Pedersen et al 2006).…”

“…Significantly higher prevalence of arthritis among those of lower socioeconomic status (SES) has been found in a number of developed countries, including the US (Callahan et al 2008;CDC 2002;Sturm and Gresenz 2002), Canada (Cañizares et al 2008), Germany (Schneider et al 2006), Denmark (Pedersen et al 2006), Sweden (Bengtsson et al 2005), and Australia (Busija et al 2007).…”