Gustavo Monnerat, Deputy Editor at The Lancet, shared on LinkedIn:
“Pain across the lifespan, mapped in 6.1 million people.
New study covering 118 countries and ages 5 to 100+:
- 40% report back pain, the most common site
- Women report more pain at all 11 body sites (RR up to 1.83)
- By age 80+, low back pain in low-HDI countries is close to double
This is critical global health issue. Caveat: mostly cross-sectional and self-reported data.
Ref: Fillingim, M., et al. Global and regional reference curves for pain across the lifespan in 6.1 million individuals in 118 countries.”
Title: Global and regional reference curves for pain across the lifespan in 6.1 million individuals in 118 countries
Authors: Matt Fillingim, Christophe Tanguay-Sabourin, Lindsay Neuert, Azin Zare, Jax Norman, Gianluca V. Guglietti, Lise Hobeika, Abimbola Ayorinde, Ahmad Salimzadeh, Ahmad-reza Jamshidi, Aqeel M. Alenazi, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi, Bader A. Alqahtani, Beatriz Olaya, Benjamin Longo Mbenza, Bibilola Oladeji, Brenda Penninx, Buddhi Paudyal, Caique de Melo, Chantal Berna, Clarissa Humberg, Pascal Claudepierre, Elisa Smith, Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof, Erik J. Giltay, Esther Garcia-Esquinas, Faisal Parlindungan, Fatima Qayyum Abbasi, Fernando Rodríguez Artalejo, Gareth T. Jones, Gary Slade, Hanifa Bouziri, Herta Flor, Hiroyasu Iso, Ian Gilron, Imad Uthman, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, Jean-Paul Divengi Nzambi, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Josep Maria Haro, Julia Wager, Juliana Barcellos de Souza, Kazutoshi Nakamura, Keiko Yamada, Lisa-Marie Rau, Makram Talih, Marcus J. Beasley, María Dueñas, Marie Zins, Marta Miret, Melissa Wake, Mirza Zaka Pratama, Mohammed Almalki, Monique Chaaya, Muhammad Anshory, Naoki Kondo, Navid Moghadam, Norma Mansor, Omar Alsaed, Orawan Keeratisiroj, Oye Gureje, Pande Ketut Kurniari, Pardis Noormohammadpour, Pierrot Lebughe, Raga A. Elzahaf, Ramin Kordi, Raquel Lucas, Rashmi Parekh Bhandari, Rosa Weiss Telles, Rudy Hidayat, Saba Samreen, Samar Al-Emadi, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Shima RoknSharifi, Shinsuke Inoue, Sudeep Adhikari, Suryo Anggoro Kusumo Wibowo, Sweekriti Sharma, Sylvia Villeneuve, Takahiro Tabuchi, Tayyeba Khursheed, Tie Yamato, Todd Jackson, Veronica Souza Santos, Wantana Siritaratiwat, Xianchen Liu, Zhen-Zhen Liu, IMAGEN Consortium, Susan M. Sawyer, Saman Khalatbari-Soltani, Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir, Gary J. Macfarlane, Fiona Blyth, Etienne Vachon-Presseau
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