The burden of musculoskeletal conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite the burden of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), these conditions probably deserve more attention from public health authorities in several countries including developed ones. We assessed their contribution to disability.

Methods

Data on disabilities associated with RMDs were extracted from the national 2008-2009 Disability-Health Survey of 29,931 subjects representative of the population in France. We used the core set of disability categories for RMDs of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for analysis. Diagnosis and disabilities were self-reported. We assessed the risk of disability associated with RMDs using odds ratios (ORs) and the societal impact of RMDs using the average attr

SUBMITTER: Palazzo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3942474 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature