Back pain in Britain: comparison of two prevalence surveys at an interval of ten years
Back pain in Britain: comparison of two prevalence surveys at an interval of ten years
In Britain, as in many other countries, back pain is a major cause of disability, especially in adults of working age. During the decade to 1993, outpatient attendances for back pain rose fivefold, and the number of days of incapacity from back disorders for which social security benefits were paid more than doubled.1 It is unclear whether this represents an increase in the occurrence of diseases affecting the back or a change in people's behaviour when they have symptoms. To address this question we compared the prevalence of low back pain and associated disability in two postal surveys 10 years apart.
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Palmer, Keith T.
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Walsh, Kevin
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Bendall, Holly
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Cooper, Cyrus
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Coggon, David
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10 June 2000
Palmer, Keith T.
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Walsh, Kevin
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Bendall, Holly
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Cooper, Cyrus
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Coggon, David
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Palmer, Keith T., Walsh, Kevin, Bendall, Holly, Cooper, Cyrus and Coggon, David
(2000)
Back pain in Britain: comparison of two prevalence surveys at an interval of ten years.
BMJ, 320 (7249), .
Abstract
In Britain, as in many other countries, back pain is a major cause of disability, especially in adults of working age. During the decade to 1993, outpatient attendances for back pain rose fivefold, and the number of days of incapacity from back disorders for which social security benefits were paid more than doubled.1 It is unclear whether this represents an increase in the occurrence of diseases affecting the back or a change in people's behaviour when they have symptoms. To address this question we compared the prevalence of low back pain and associated disability in two postal surveys 10 years apart.
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Published date: 10 June 2000
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