The Global Burden of Musculoskeletal Pain-Where to From Here?

To summarize the current understanding of the global burden of musculoskeletal pain-related conditions, consider the process of evidence generation and the steps to generate global pain estimates, identify key gaps in our understanding, and propose an agenda to address these gaps, we performed a nar...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 109; no. 1; pp. 35 - 40
Main Authors Blyth, Fiona M, Briggs, Andrew M, Schneider, Carmen Huckel, Hoy, Damian G, March, Lyn M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Public Health Association 01.01.2019
Subjects
Aging
AJPH Pain Management
Arthritis
Back pain
Chronic illnesses
Comorbidity
Disability Evaluation
Disabled Persons
Disease
Epidemiology
Estimates
Global Burden of Disease
Global Health
Health care
Health care policy
Health planning
Health Policy
High income
Humans
Life expectancy
Low back pain
Morbidity
Mortality
Musculoskeletal Pain - epidemiology
Older people
Pain
Population
Public health
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
United Kingdom > UK
Switzerland
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Summary:To summarize the current understanding of the global burden of musculoskeletal pain-related conditions, consider the process of evidence generation and the steps to generate global pain estimates, identify key gaps in our understanding, and propose an agenda to address these gaps, we performed a narrative review. In the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), which broadened the scope of musculoskeletal conditions that were included over previous rounds, low back pain imposed the highest disability burden of all specific conditions assessed, and subsequent GBD reports further reinforce the size of this burden. Over the past decade, the GBD has produced compelling evidence of the leading contribution of musculoskeletal pain conditions to the global burden of disability, but this has not translated into global health policy initiatives. However, system- and service-level responses to the disease burden persist across high-, middle-, and low-income settings. There is a mismatch between the burden of musculoskeletal pain conditions and appropriate health policy response and planning internationally that can be addressed with an integrated research and policy agenda.
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F. M. Blyth and L. M. March developed the concept for the essay. All authors contributed to the writing of the essay and reviewed, edited, and approved the final version.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304747