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The age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the Stockholm public health cohort

BACKGROUND: Neck pain is very common but the occurrence of bothersome neck pain is not well described. Therefore our objective was to report on the prevalence and incidence of, as well as the rate of recovery from, bothersome neck pain in men and women of different ages in the general population. ME...

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Autores principales: Skillgate, Eva, Magnusson, Cecilia, Lundberg, Michael, Hallqvist, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23006655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-185
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author Skillgate, Eva
Magnusson, Cecilia
Lundberg, Michael
Hallqvist, Johan
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Magnusson, Cecilia
Lundberg, Michael
Hallqvist, Johan
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description BACKGROUND: Neck pain is very common but the occurrence of bothersome neck pain is not well described. Therefore our objective was to report on the prevalence and incidence of, as well as the rate of recovery from, bothersome neck pain in men and women of different ages in the general population. METHODS: We used data from a recently conducted population-based cohort study, comprising 23,794 individuals in Stockholm County, Sweden. Study participants were surveyed with a self-administered questionnaire in 2002/2003 and 2007, and information on episodes of neck pain was gathered at baseline and at follow-up. We then measured bothersome neck pain in 2005 and 2006 retrospectively in 2007 using the follow-up questionnaire. RESULTS: The one-year prevalence of bothersome neck pain for at least seven consecutive days was 25% (95% confidence interval (CI): 24–25) among women and 16% (95% CI: 15–16) among men, peaking in individuals aged 30–59 years. The one-year incidence proportion of bothersome neck pain was 7% (95% CI: 6–7) among women, and 4% (95% CI: 4–5) among men. Women recovered more infrequently than men. The one-year incidence proportion of recovery (of at least one year duration) was 11% (95% CI: 10–12) among women and 14% (95% CI: 12–16) among men. CONCLUSION: Bothersome neck pain is most common in middle-aged individuals. Women are more likely than men to have and to develop bothersome neck pain, and less likely to recover from such pain. Younger men and women have a higher incidence, but recover more often from bothersome neck pain than older individuals.
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spelling pubmed-35177802012-12-09 The age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the Stockholm public health cohort Skillgate, Eva Magnusson, Cecilia Lundberg, Michael Hallqvist, Johan BMC Musculoskelet Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Neck pain is very common but the occurrence of bothersome neck pain is not well described. Therefore our objective was to report on the prevalence and incidence of, as well as the rate of recovery from, bothersome neck pain in men and women of different ages in the general population. METHODS: We used data from a recently conducted population-based cohort study, comprising 23,794 individuals in Stockholm County, Sweden. Study participants were surveyed with a self-administered questionnaire in 2002/2003 and 2007, and information on episodes of neck pain was gathered at baseline and at follow-up. We then measured bothersome neck pain in 2005 and 2006 retrospectively in 2007 using the follow-up questionnaire. RESULTS: The one-year prevalence of bothersome neck pain for at least seven consecutive days was 25% (95% confidence interval (CI): 24–25) among women and 16% (95% CI: 15–16) among men, peaking in individuals aged 30–59 years. The one-year incidence proportion of bothersome neck pain was 7% (95% CI: 6–7) among women, and 4% (95% CI: 4–5) among men. Women recovered more infrequently than men. The one-year incidence proportion of recovery (of at least one year duration) was 11% (95% CI: 10–12) among women and 14% (95% CI: 12–16) among men. CONCLUSION: Bothersome neck pain is most common in middle-aged individuals. Women are more likely than men to have and to develop bothersome neck pain, and less likely to recover from such pain. Younger men and women have a higher incidence, but recover more often from bothersome neck pain than older individuals. BioMed Central 2012-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3517780/ /pubmed/23006655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-185 Text en Copyright ©2012 Skillgate et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lundberg, Michael
Hallqvist, Johan
The age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the Stockholm public health cohort
title The age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the Stockholm public health cohort
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title_fullStr The age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the Stockholm public health cohort
title_full_unstemmed The age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the Stockholm public health cohort
title_short The age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the Stockholm public health cohort
title_sort age- and sex-specific occurrence of bothersome neck pain in the general population – results from the stockholm public health cohort
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517780/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-185
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