Burden of musculoskeletal disease and its determination by urbanicity, socioeconomic status, age, and sex: Results from 14,507 subjects

Vavken, Patrick; Dorotka, Ronald

doi:10.1002/acr.20558

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“…They ranged in size from 3327 to 33,404 participants. The number of scale items ranged from 7 to 12 items in 5 studies [3,8,19,23,34] and was not presented in 5 studies [4,17,20,35,36]. One study measured urban area socioeconomic disadvantage instead of urbanicity [37].…”

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Urbanisation, urbanicity, and health: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of urbanicity scales

2013

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BackgroundDespite a plethora of studies examining the effect of increased urbanisation on health, no single study has systematically examined the measurement properties of scales used to measure urbanicity. It is critical to distinguish findings from studies that use surrogate measures of urbanicity (e.g. population density) from those that use measures rigorously tested for reliability and validity. The purpose of this study was to assess the measurement reliability and validity of the available urbanicity scales and identify areas where more research is needed to facilitate the development of a standardised measure of urbanicity.MethodsDatabases searched were MEDLINE with Full Text, CINAHL with Full Text, and PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) as well as Embase (Ovid) covering the period from January 1970 to April 2012. Studies included in this systematic review were those that focused on the development of an urbanicity scale with clearly defined items or the adoption of an existing scale, included at least one outcome measure related to health, published in peer-reviewed journals, the full text was available in English and tested for validity and reliability.ResultsEleven studies met our inclusion criteria which were conducted in Sri Lanka, Austria, China, Nigeria, India and Philippines. They ranged in size from 3327 to 33,404 participants. The number of scale items ranged from 7 to 12 items in 5 studies. One study measured urban area socioeconomic disadvantage instead of urbanicity. The emerging evidence is that increased urbanisation is associated with deleterious health outcomes. It is possible that increased urbanisation is also associated with access and utilisation of health services. However, urbanicity measures differed across studies, and the reliability and validity properties of the used scales were not well established.ConclusionThere is an urgent need for studies to standardise measures of urbanicity. Longitudinal cohort studies to confirm the relationship between increased urbanisation and health outcomes are urgently needed.

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Urbanisation, urbanicity, and health: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of urbanicity scales

2013

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“…Despite its high prevalence and socioeconomic impact, musculoskeletal pain remains poorly understood and available treatment regimens are largely not-specific and insufficient (Breivik et al 2006;Vavken & Dorotka 2011;Gerhardt et al 2012). Currently, there is limited understanding of mechanisms that drive musculoskeletal pain and a limited repertoire of analgesics available to treat musculoskeletal pain (Bove et al 2009).…”

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Effects of an ethanol extract and the diterpene, xylopic acid, of Xylopia aethiopica fruits in murine models of musculoskeletal pain

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Boakye‐Gyasi

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Context: Fruits of Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich. (Annonaceae) are used traditionally to manage arthritis, headache and other pain disorders. Objective: The analgesic properties of the X. aethiopica ethanol fruit extract (XAE) and xylopic acid (XA) were evaluated in musculoskeletal pain models. Materials and methods: Acute muscle pain was induced in gastrocnemius muscle of Sprague-Dawley rats with 3% carrageenan (i.m.). Rats received XAE (30-300 mg/kg), XA (10-100 mg/kg) or morphine (1-10 mg/ kg) after 12 h. Effects of XAE and XA on muscle pain were assessed by measuring post-treatment grip strength of the rats. Chronic muscle pain was similarly induced, but drug treatment was on the eighth day and effects of XAE and XA assessed with Randall-Selitto test for hyperlagesia. Acute-skeletal pain was induced in knee joints of rats with 3% carrageenan-kaolin mixture and effects determined 12-h later. Similar induction protocol was used for chronic knee pain with treatment and measurement as done for chronic muscle pain. Results: XAE and XA significantly and dose-dependently ameliorated both acute muscle (ED 50 mg/kg: XAE ¼ 22.9; XA ¼ 6.2) and skeletal hyperalgesia (XAE ¼ 39.9; XA ¼ 17.7) induced by 3% carrageenan. Similarly, chronic skeletal hyperalgesia was reduced by XAE and XA treatment similar to morphine (ED 50 : XAE ¼ 13.0; XA ¼ 4.6). This reduction was also seen in chronic muscle hyperalgesia (ED 50 : XAE¼ 79.1; XA ¼ 42.7). XAE and XA significantly reduced the spread of hyperalgesia to contralateral limbs in both models of chronic hyperalgesia. Conclusion: These findings establish analgesic properties of the ethanol fruit extract of X. aethiopica and xylopic acid in musculoskeletal pain. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…However, as it is not feasible to expose all participants to BMD measurement, case-definitions of osteoporosis in large scale epidemiological studies and national health surveys often rely on self-report of diagnosis, medication or fractures (e.g. [2][3][4]). …”

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Validity of self-reported osteoporosis in mid-age and older women

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Conflict of Interest: None declared Mini-abstract:The validity of self-reported osteoporosis is often questioned, but validation studies are lacking. We validated self-reported prevalence and incidence of osteoporosis against selfreported and administrative data on medications. The concurrent validity was moderate to good for self-reported prevalent osteoporosis, but only poor to moderate for self-reported incident osteoporosis in mid-age and older women, respectively. Construct validity was acceptable for self-reported prevalent but not for incident osteoporosis. 2 Abstract PurposeThe validity of self-reported osteoporosis is often questioned, but validation studies are lacking. The aim was to examine the validity of self-reported prevalence and incidence of osteoporosis against self-reported and administrative data on medications. MethodsData were from mid-age (56-61 years in 2007) and older (79-84 years in 2005) participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Self-reported diagnosis was compared with medication information from (1) self-report (n mid =10,509 and n old =7,072), and (2) pharmaceutical prescription reimbursement claims (n mid =6,632 and n old =4,668). Concurrent validity of self-report was examined by calculating agreement, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV).Construct validity was tested by examining associations of self-reported diagnosis with osteoporosis-related characteristics (fracture, weight, bodily pain, back pain, and physical functioning). ResultsAgreement, sensitivity and PPV of self-reported prevalent diagnosis were higher when compared with medication claims (mid-age women: kappa=0.51, 95%CI=0.46-0.56; older women: kappa=0.65, 95%CI=0.63-0.68) than with self-reported medication (midage women: kappa=0.41, 95%CI=0.37-0.45; older women: kappa=0.57, 95%CI=0.55-0.59).Sensitivity, PPV and agreement were lower for self-reported incident diagnosis (mid-age women: kappa=0.39, 95%CI=0.32-0.47; older women: kappa=0.55, 95%CI=0.51-0.61).Statistically significant associations between self-reported diagnosis and at least four of five characteristics were found for prevalent diagnosis in both age groups and for incident diagnosis in older women. ConclusionsThe concurrent validity was moderate to good for self-reported prevalent osteoporosis, but only poor to moderate for self-reported incident osteoporosis in mid-age 3 and older women, respectively. Construct validity was acceptable for self-reported prevalent but not for incident osteoporosis.4

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Burden of musculoskeletal disease and its determination by urbanicity, socioeconomic status, age, and sex: Results from 14,507 subjects

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

Urbanisation, urbanicity, and health: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of urbanicity scales

Urbanisation, urbanicity, and health: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of urbanicity scales

Effects of an ethanol extract and the diterpene, xylopic acid, of Xylopia aethiopica fruits in murine models of musculoskeletal pain

Validity of self-reported osteoporosis in mid-age and older women

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