Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Diseases in Guatemala, Central America

Obregón-Ponce, Ariel; Iraheta, Isa; García-Ferrer, Helga; Mejia, Bayardo; García-Kutzbach, Abraham

doi:10.1097/rhu.0b013e3182583803

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“…The sociodemographic, job-related, psychosocial and health-related variables examined did not fully explain the differences between countries, but poor perceived mental health and somatizing tendency seem to play an important role in the prevalence and incidence of LBP, as well as of disabling LBP. Our study provides information that is lacking in Latin America (40), adding to a scant literature on the prevalence and incidence of LBP among office employees in Central America (41,42). In addition, our findings could be used to develop programs or interventions to prevent LBP among office workers.…”

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Low back pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study

et al. 2016

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Objectives To assess differences in the prevalence and incidence of low back pain (LBP) and associated disability among office workers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Spain. Methods Data were collected at baseline (n=947, 93% response) in November 2007 and at follow-up after 12 months (n=853, 90% response). Six outcome measures were examined: baseline prevalence of (1) LBP in past 12 months, (2) LBP in past month, and (3) disabling LBP in past month; and at follow-up: (4) incidence of new LBP in the past month, (5) new disabling LBP, and (6) persistent LBP. Differences in prevalence by country were characterized by odd ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs), before and after adjustment for covariates. Results Prevalence of LBP in the past month among office employees in Costa Rica (46.0%) and Nicaragua (44.2%) was higher than in Spain (33.6%). Incidence of new LBP was 37.0% in Nicaragua (OR=2.49; 95% CI: 1.57-3.95), 14.9% in Costa Rica (OR=0.74; 95% CI: 0.41-1.34), and 19.0% in Spain (reference). Incidence of new disabling LBP was higher in Nicaragua, 17.2% (OR=2.49; 95% CI: 1.43-4.34) and Costa Rica, 13.6% (OR=1.89; 95% CI: 1.03-3.48) than Spain (7.7%), while persistence of LBP was higher only in Nicaragua. Conclusions Prevalence of LBP and disabling LBP was higher in Costa Rican and Nicaraguan office workers than in Spain, but incidence was higher mainly in Nicaragua. Measured sociodemographic, job-related and health-related variables only partly explained the differences between countries, and further research is needed to explore reasons for the remaining differences.

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Low back pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study

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“…In studies assessing urban populations in other countries, the prevalence of MSK-S unrelated to trauma ranged from 9.3 % in Guatemala [16] to 54.1 % in Iran [17]. According to BRAZCO, Brazil has a higher prevalence of MSK-S unrelated to trauma in the past 7 days than many countries that used the same methodology, such as Guatemala (9.3 %) [16], Vietnam (11.9 %) [18], India (14.1 %) [19], China (13.3 to 26.3 %) [20,21], and Malaysia (21.1 %) [22].…”

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“…According to BRAZCO, Brazil has a higher prevalence of MSK-S unrelated to trauma in the past 7 days than many countries that used the same methodology, such as Guatemala (9.3 %) [16], Vietnam (11.9 %) [18], India (14.1 %) [19], China (13.3 to 26.3 %) [20,21], and Malaysia (21.1 %) [22]. The present results are similar to some studies held in Mexico (25.5 to 27.1 %) [12,23] and Bangladesh (27.9 %) [24] and less to the ones in Indonesia (31.3 %) [25], Cuba (43.9 %) [16], and Iran (41.9 to 54.1 %) [17,26]. In most studies, as well as BRAZCO, there was a higher prevalence of pain unrelated to trauma in females [17-24, 26, 27].…”

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Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the five urban regions of Brazil—the Brazilian COPCORD study (BRAZCO)

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The objective of this study is to describe the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms (MSK-S) in the five urban geographical regions of Brazil using the Portuguese version of the Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) core questionnaire (CQ)-BRAZCO study. From April to May 2013, a population-based survey was conducted by applying the CQ for 5000 individuals aged over 15 years in 16 capitals of the Brazilian regions. Trained teams assessed the MSK-S and socioeconomic status. The sample consisted of representative quotas of the Brazilian population, proportional to the capitals' population density. It respected the groups' quotas of gender and age and included all socioeconomic classes, educational levels, and occupations. There were 1342 (26.9 %) participants who presented MSK-S unrelated to trauma in 7 days preceding the interview. A higher prevalence of these complaints were in females (65.2 %), elderly people, in the north region of the country (30.7 %), and a lower prevalence was found in single individuals (41.7 %) and in the south (23.3 %). The most frequent pain sites were the spine (76.7 %) and knees (49.6 %), and the mean pain intensity was 6.8 (VAS). The BRAZCO study shows that Brazilian population presents a higher rate of MSK-S unrelated to trauma than many Asian countries. These results can be applied to guide the assessment of prevalence of rheumatic diseases. Additionally, it can help in the design of policies for health care workforce organization and its accessibility, as well as to reduce the risk of rheumatic diseases at the community level.

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“…Twenty countries have participated up to now in the COPCORD project. They are, alphabetically, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, China, Cuba, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela and Vietnam…”

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Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases in Iran from analysis of four COPCORD studies

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Aim: To calculate the epidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases in Iran. Materials and Methods:The data of Tehran, Zahedan, Sanandaj (urban) and Tuyserkan (rural) stage Community Oriented Program for the Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) studies were gathered. The data were adjusted to the population number of the studied areas to represent Iran.Results: The population of Iran is 75 149 669 (71.5% urban areas, males 50.4%) and of the mentioned area were respectively 10 000 000, 580 071, 311 444 and 109 262. The interviewed subjects were 10 291, 1565, 2100 and 5830. Male/female ratio was 0.9/1, 0.8/1, 08/1 and 0.8/1.Musculoskeletal complaints during the past 7 days (people aged ≥ 15 years) were detected in 44.7% of subjects. They were: shoulder 15.6%, wrist 10.4%, hands and fingers 10.2%, hip 8.3%, knee 27.4%, ankle 12.3%, toes 6.2%, cervical spine 14.2% and dorsolumbar spine 23.7%. Osteoarthritis (OA) was detected in 16.9%: knee 15.5%, hands 2.9% and hip 0.32%. Low back pain was found in 15.7%, sciatica in 0.94%, and soft tissue rheumatism in 4.6% (shoulder tenosynovitis 2.5%, frozen shoulder 0.56%, tennis elbow 1.2%, golf elbow 0.48%, de Quervain tenosynovitis 0.24%, trigger finger 0.2%, carpal tunnel syndrome 1.3%). Rheumatoid arthritis was detected in 0.37%, seronegative spondyloarthropathy in 0.24%, ankylosing spondylitis in 0.12%, systemic lupus erythematosus in 0.06%, Behcet's disease in 0.08%, fibromyalgia in 0.79% and gout in 0.13%. Conclusion:Compared to other COPCORD reports (17 countries), Iran gets the following rank: musculoskeletal complaints second, low back pain fourth, osteoarthritis second, knee osteoarthritis third, soft tissue rheumatism sixth, rheumatoid arthritis tenth, seronegative spondyloarthropathies fifth, gout eleventh and fibromyalgia fifth.

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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Diseases in Guatemala, Central America

Cited by 42 publications

References 13 publications

Low back pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study

Low back pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study

Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the five urban regions of Brazil—the Brazilian COPCORD study (BRAZCO)

Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases in Iran from analysis of four COPCORD studies

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