The burden of low back pain and its association with socio-demographic variables in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low back pain (LBP) is the most common musculoskeletal disorder globally. Providing region- and national-specific information on the burden of low back pain is critical for local healthcare policy makers. The present study aimed to report, compare, and contextualize the prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) of low back pain in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by age, sex and sociodemographic index (SDI), from 1990 to 2019.

Methods

Publicly available data were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019. The burden of LBP was reported for the 21 countries located in the MENA region, from 1990 to 2019. All estimates were reported as counts and age-standardised rates per 100,000 population, together with their corr

SUBMITTER: Safiri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9869505 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature