Authors
Fereydoun Davatchi, Ahmad-Reza Jamshidi, Arash Tehrani Banihashemi, Jaleh Gholami, Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar, Massoomeh Akhlaghi, Mojgan Barghamdi, Elham Noorolahzadeh, Ali-Reza Khabazi, Mansoor Salesi, Amir-Hossein Salari, Mansoor Karimifar, Kamal Essalat-Manesh, Mehrzad Hajialiloo, Mohsen Soroosh, Farhad Farzad, Hamid-Reza Moussavi, Farideh Samadi, Koorosh Ghaznavi, Homa Asgharifard, Amir-Hossein Zangiabadi, Farhad Shahram, Abdolhadi Nadji, Mahmood Akbarian, Farhad Gharibdoost
Publication date
2008/7/1
Journal
The Journal of rheumatology
Volume
35
Issue
7
Pages
1384-1390
Publisher
The Journal of Rheumatology
Description
Objective
To find the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints and rheumatic disorders in Iran.
Methods
Tehran, with one-ninth of the population of Iran and of mixed ethnic origins, was selected as the field. Subjects were randomly selected from the 22 districts. Interviews were conducted once a week, on the weekend. The 3 phases of stage 1 were done on the same day, in parallel, like the fast-track Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD).
Results
Four thousand ninety-six houses were visited and 10,291 persons were interviewed. Musculoskeletal complaints during the past 7 days were detected in 41.9% of the interviewed subjects. The distribution was: shoulder 14.5%, wrist 10%, hands and fingers 9.4%, hip 7.1%, knee 25.5%, ankle 9.8%, toes 6.1%, cervical spine 13.4%, and dorsal and lumbar spine 21.7%. Degenerative joint diseases were detected in 16.6% of subjects …
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F Davatchi, AR Jamshidi, AT Banihashemi, J Gholami… - The Journal of rheumatology, 2008