[Frequency of medical visits due to osteoarticular problems of the adult general population in Spain. EPISER2016 Study].

[Frequency of medical visits due to osteoarticular problems of the adult general population in Spain. EPISER2016 Study]. Gac Sanit. 2019 Sep 23;: Authors: Seoane-Mato D, Martínez Dubois C, Moreno Martínez MJ, Sánchez-Piedra C, Bustabad-Reyes S, en representación del Grupo de Trabajo del Proyecto EPISER2016 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of medical visits due to osteoarticular problems by the adult general population in Spain and its association with sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle variables. METHOD: Cross-sectional population-based study. Sample with 4916 subjects aged 20 years and over. A telephone questionnaire, with a question about medical visits due to osteoarticular problems, was used. To estimate the prevalence and its 95% confidence interval (95%CI), weights were calculated according to the probability of selection in each of the sampling stages. RESULTS: 28.9% (95%CI: 27.6-30.2) of the people reported having consulted a doctor in the last year because of osteoarticular problems. We observed an association with age, sex, level of education, and body mass index. PMID: 31558387 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Gaceta Sanitaria - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Gac Sanit Source Type: research