Prevalence of joint pain and swelling complaints among children of Bashkortostan Republic according to an epidemiological examination
| Autor: | L F Musina-Smirnova, A V Gaisina, E N Kostromina, V A Malievsky, R N Valeeva, G E Alexandrova, A F Husainova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study questionnaire study business.industry Immunology Population bashkortostan republic Diseases of the musculoskeletal system Rheumatology children RC925-935 joint pain and swelling Internal medicine Joint pain Pain frequency medicine Physical therapy Immunology and Allergy medicine.symptom business education Questionnaire study |
| Zdroj: | Научно-практическая ревматология, Vol 43, Iss 5, Pp 76-79 (2005) |
| ISSN: | 1995-4492 1995-4484 |
| DOI: | 10.14412/1995-4484-2005-49 |
| Popis: | Objective. To study prevalence of joint pain and swelling among children of Bashkortostan republic (BR). Material and methods. A questionnaire study was conducted in 2 cities and 4 country districts of BR. A questionnaire developed by the Institute of rheumatology of RAMS and adapted for children was used. 43907 children aged 0 to 17 years were included. Results. 5490 children and/or their parents (12,5%) reported joint pain, 754 children (1,7%) - swelling. In general pain and swelling were revealed in 5533 children (12,6%). Joint pain and swelling prevalence was higher in urban than in country population. Joint pain predominated in girls, swelling - in boys. Swelling and pain frequency increased with age. It reached maximum by adolescence (12-17 years) but differences in joint pain frequency between children aged 12 to 14 and 15 to 17 were not statistically significant. Conclusion. Joint complaints (pain and/or swelling) are quite frequent among children and adolescents (12,6%). At present the second phase of the study is being conducted: advanced clinical, laboratory and instrumental examination of children having joint symptoms. |
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