Estimation of the prevalence of osteoarthritis in Korean adults based on the data from the fourth Korea national health and nutrition examination survey
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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: 201-206, 2010.
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en Coreano
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| ID: wpr-44615
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study estimated the number of Korean adults with osteoarthritis from a representative sample.METHODS:
We analyzed the data from phase 2 of the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2008 using surveyfreq procedure of the SAS statistical package and estimated the number of Korean adults who reported that they experienced osteoarthritis lasting for three or more months during the past year (chronic patients) or were suffering from osteoarthritis at the time of survey (current patients).RESULTS:
It was estimated that there were 3,597,774 (proportion, 9.8%; 95% confidence interval, 3,238,651-3,956,897) chronic patients and 3,916,417 (10.7%; 3,548,768-4,284,066) current patients among 36,744,994 Korean adults aged 20-89 years in 2008.CONCLUSIONS:
Further efforts to investigate exact number of Korean adults with osteoarthritis and improve treatment outcomes of osteoarthritis are needed.
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Asunto principal:
Osteoartritis
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Fenotiazinas
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Estrés Psicológico
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Encuestas Nutricionales
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Prevalencia
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Corea (Geográfico)
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de prevalencia
Límite:
Adulto
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Anciano
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Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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