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Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health
BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the epidemiological profile of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Thais could improve care, human resource deployment, and public health budgeting. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine the incidence and prevalence of SSc in Thailand between 2017 and 2020. METHODS: A descr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9998257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36894730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-023-06550-7 |
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author | Foocharoen, Chingching Ngamjarus, Chetta Pattanittum, Porjai Suwannaroj, Siraphop Pongkulkiat, Patnarin Onchan, Tippawan Wattanasukchai, Luxzup Chaiyarit, Jitjira Mahakkanukrauh, Ajanee |
author_facet | Foocharoen, Chingching Ngamjarus, Chetta Pattanittum, Porjai Suwannaroj, Siraphop Pongkulkiat, Patnarin Onchan, Tippawan Wattanasukchai, Luxzup Chaiyarit, Jitjira Mahakkanukrauh, Ajanee |
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description | BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the epidemiological profile of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Thais could improve care, human resource deployment, and public health budgeting. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine the incidence and prevalence of SSc in Thailand between 2017 and 2020. METHODS: A descriptive epidemiological study was performed using the Information and Communication Technology Center, Ministry of Public Health database, comprising all types of healthcare providers during the study period. Demographic data of patients having a primary diagnosis of M34 systemic sclerosis and over 18 years of age between 2017 and 2020 were reviewed. The incidence and prevalence of SSc were calculated as well as their respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS: The number of SSc cases in 2017 was 15,920 from a total Thai population of 65,204,797. The prevalence of SSc in 2017 was 24.4 per 100,000 populations (95% CI 24.0–24.8). The prevalence of SSc among women was 2 times greater than among men (32.7 vs. 15.8 per 100,000). The incidence of SSc was stable from 2018 to 2019 but dropped slightly in 2020 (7.2, 7.6, and 6.8 per 100,000 person-years, respectively). Most SSc cases were in northeastern Thailand (11.6, 12.1, and 11.1 per 100,000 person-years from 2018 to 2020, respectively) and the peak was between 60 and 69 years of age (24.6, 23.8, and 20.9 per 100,000 person-years from 2018 to 2020, respectively). CONCLUSION: SSc is a rare disease among Thais. The disease was commonly revealed in late middle-aged women with a peak at age 60–69 years, mainly from the northeast regions. The incidence remained stable during the study period, albeit during the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic a slight decline was recorded. |
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spelling | pubmed-99982572023-03-10 Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health Foocharoen, Chingching Ngamjarus, Chetta Pattanittum, Porjai Suwannaroj, Siraphop Pongkulkiat, Patnarin Onchan, Tippawan Wattanasukchai, Luxzup Chaiyarit, Jitjira Mahakkanukrauh, Ajanee Clin Rheumatol Original Article BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the epidemiological profile of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Thais could improve care, human resource deployment, and public health budgeting. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine the incidence and prevalence of SSc in Thailand between 2017 and 2020. METHODS: A descriptive epidemiological study was performed using the Information and Communication Technology Center, Ministry of Public Health database, comprising all types of healthcare providers during the study period. Demographic data of patients having a primary diagnosis of M34 systemic sclerosis and over 18 years of age between 2017 and 2020 were reviewed. The incidence and prevalence of SSc were calculated as well as their respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS: The number of SSc cases in 2017 was 15,920 from a total Thai population of 65,204,797. The prevalence of SSc in 2017 was 24.4 per 100,000 populations (95% CI 24.0–24.8). The prevalence of SSc among women was 2 times greater than among men (32.7 vs. 15.8 per 100,000). The incidence of SSc was stable from 2018 to 2019 but dropped slightly in 2020 (7.2, 7.6, and 6.8 per 100,000 person-years, respectively). Most SSc cases were in northeastern Thailand (11.6, 12.1, and 11.1 per 100,000 person-years from 2018 to 2020, respectively) and the peak was between 60 and 69 years of age (24.6, 23.8, and 20.9 per 100,000 person-years from 2018 to 2020, respectively). CONCLUSION: SSc is a rare disease among Thais. The disease was commonly revealed in late middle-aged women with a peak at age 60–69 years, mainly from the northeast regions. The incidence remained stable during the study period, albeit during the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic a slight decline was recorded. Springer International Publishing 2023-03-10 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9998257/ /pubmed/36894730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-023-06550-7 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Foocharoen, Chingching Ngamjarus, Chetta Pattanittum, Porjai Suwannaroj, Siraphop Pongkulkiat, Patnarin Onchan, Tippawan Wattanasukchai, Luxzup Chaiyarit, Jitjira Mahakkanukrauh, Ajanee Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health |
title | Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health |
title_full | Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health |
title_fullStr | Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health |
title_short | Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health |
title_sort | incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the ministry of public health |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9998257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36894730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-023-06550-7 |
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