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Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is growing quickly, as low back pain has assigned the first rank in years lived with disability (YLDs) to itself globally, over the past two decades.
This Iranian
population based study is first of its kind which revolves around the
occurrence of chronic musculoskeletal pain. These were based on considering
many factors like gender, BMI etc. in an efficient manner.
Chronic
musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is growing quickly, as low back pain has assigned
the first rank in years lived with disability (YLDs) to itself globally, over
the past two decades. The primary objective of this study was to investigate
the prevalence of chronic neck pain (CNP), chronic low back pain (CLBP), and
chronic knee pain (CKP) and their related risk factors in the national Iranian
population.
We analyzed data
obtained through a cross sectional, population based survey of 7889 Iranian
subjects who were between 30 to 70 years old.
Prevalence of
CNP, CLBP, and CKP were 15.34%, 27.18%, and 29.97%, respectively. Female
gender, aging, having a BMI>=25, having Lur or Arab ethnicity, being
illiterate, passive smoking, positive osteoporosis history, and low or high
physical activity level were risk factors for CLBP, CNP, and CKP after adjustment
for potential confounders. For example, in subjects who had BMI equal or more
than 30, odds ratios for CNP, CLBP, and CKP adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity,
living area, education, employment status, smoking, and physical activity level
were 1.26 (95% confidential interval (CI) 1.04-1.52), 1.37 (95%CI 1.17-1.59),
and 1.64 (95%CI 1.41-1.91), respectively.
This is the first
study investigating the prevalence of CNP, CLBP, and CKP in the national
population of Iran. It shows some modifiable risk factors for CMP, and brings
about the idea that affordable planning for these risk factors can be valuable
for prevention of CMP globally. Also, this is a cross-sectional study and
future longitudinal studies in this field seem to be necessary.
The Clinical journal of pain
Prevalence of Chronic Neck Pain, Low Back Pain and Knee Pain and their Related Factors in Community-dwelling Adults in Iran: A Population-based National Study.
Noormohammadpour Pardis et al.
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