Prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints and juvenile idiopathic arthritis in children from a developing country: a school‐based study

Abstract

Musculoskeletal complaints were not uncommon in children from a developing country like India. Estimated prevalence of JIA was 48/100,000 (95%CI 10-280).

Rheumatology workforce issues in South Asia: Challenges and solutions

“…Similar data are available from Pakistan . In another survey of nearly 5000 school children in India, arthritis lasting for more than 1 week was present in 7.6%, back pain in 3.1% and heel pain in 3% …”

“…10 In another survey of nearly 5000 school children in India, arthritis lasting for more than 1 week was present in 7.6%, back pain in 3.1% and heel pain in 3%. 11 Delay in diagnosis poses a major challenge in management of rheumatic diseases, with patients presenting with high disease activity as well as significant damage. It is related to both socio-cultural practices like stigma attached to illness, easy availability of drugs without prescription leading to self-medication and faith in alternative systems of medicine.…”

Clinical profile and juvenile arthritis damage index in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A study from a tertiary care center in south India

“…Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the commonest rheumatic disease of childhood is one of the most frequent chronic disorders in children with a prevalence of up to 4/1000 and annual incidence of up to 0.226/1000 children . The estimated prevalence in India is 48/100 000 . JIA is defined as arthritis that occurs before the 16th birthday and persists for a minimum of 6 weeks after the exclusion of secondary causes .…”

Prevalence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in schoolchildren from the city of São Paulo, the largest city in Latin America

“…In addition, the absence of a unified registration in many countries, populations or hospitals prevents more accurate collection of epidemiological data. However, over recent decades, several population studies have been conducted in different countries, with different methodologies depending on the structure of each locality [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. The objective of most of these studies is to assist in planning the structure of health services for the care of suspected and diagnosed cases [8,9].…”

“…In the last decades, several methodologies have been used to determine the prevalence of JIA. However there is no design standardization in this various international studies [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Different methods have been used to obtain the prevalence, including data collection through population and hospital databases, questionnaires or interviews with professionals in health centers or parents/caregivers and physical examinations in the sample as a whole.…”