Authors
Fereydoun Davatchi, Ahmad-Reza Jamshidi, Arash Tehrani Banihashemi, Jaleh Gholami, Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar, Massoomeh Akhlaghi, Mojgan Barghamdi, Elham Noorolahzadeh, Ali-Reza Khabazi, Mansour 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, Johannes J Rasker
Publication date
2009/11
Journal
Clinical rheumatology
Volume
28
Pages
1275-1282
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Description
The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints and rheumatic disorders in Caucasians and Turks in an identical environment. Subjects were selected randomly for an interview from Tehran’s 22 districts. The Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases questionnaire was filled in, positive cases were examined, and if needed, laboratory or X-ray tests were performed. A total of 4,096 houses were visited, and 10,291 persons were interviewed. They were 71.4% Caucasians and 23.1% Turks with similar distribution of age and gender. Musculoskeletal complaints of the past 7 days were detected in 40.8% of Caucasians and 45.5% of Turks (p < 0.001). In Caucasians, the total of musculoskeletal complaints in men was 33.8% (95% CI, 31.4–36.2%) versus 48.3% in women (95% CI, 45.7–50.8%). In Turks, the total of musculoskeletal complaints in …
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