Burden of pain in back and extremities in rural population: A community-based estimation of 12-month prevalence, distribution and duration of pain in rural Gadchiroli, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population based estimates of the burden of pain in back and extremities (PBE) are lacking from rural India. We estimated this burden, measured as a) 12-month prevalence, b) site specific prevalence c) total number of painful sites per adult, d) severity of pain and e) duration of pain in the rural adult population in Gadchiroli, India, over a period of 12 months.

Methods

This population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in two villages randomly selected from a cluster of 7 eligible villages in Gadchiroli district of India. All adults ≥20 years in these villages were surveyed by the trained community health workers in January 2010 by making household visits. The data were collected using a structured, pretested questionnaire on the history of pain in back

SUBMITTER: Bang AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8645243 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature