Prevalence of foot pain across an international consortium of population based cohorts

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• Alternative Title:
  Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
• Personal Author:
  Gates, Lucy S ; Arden, Nigel K ; Hannan, Marian T ; Roddy, Edward ; Gill, Tiffany K ; Hill, Catherine L ; Dufour, Alyssa B ; Rathod-Mistry, Trishna ; Thomas, Martin J ; Menz, Hylton B ; Bowen, Catherine J ; Golightly, Yvonne M
• Description:
  Objective.
  
  Despite the potential burden of foot pain, some of the most fundamental epidemiological questions surrounding the foot remain poorly explored. The prevalence of foot pain has proved difficult to compare across existing studies due to variations in case definitions. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of foot pain in a number of international population-based cohorts using original data and to explore differences in the case definitions used. .
  
  Methods.
  
  Foot pain variables were examined in five cohorts (the Chingford Women Study, the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, the Framingham Foot Study, the Clinical Assessment Study of the Foot and the North West Adelaide Health Study). One foot pain question was chosen from each cohort based on its similarity to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) pain question.
  
  Results.
  
  The precise definition of foot pain varied between the cohorts. The prevalence of foot pain ranged from 13 to 36% and was lowest within the cohort that used a case definition specific to pain, compared to the four remaining cohorts that included components of pain, aching or stiffness. Foot pain was generally more prevalent in women, the obese and generally increased with age, being much lower in younger participants (20–44 years).
  
  Conclusion.
  
  Foot pain is common and is associated with female sex, older age and obesity. The prevalence of foot pain is likely affected by the case definition used, therefore consideration must be given for future population studies to use consistent measures of data collection.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Cohort Studies Foot Diseases Humans Pain Prevalence
• Source:
  Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 71(5):661-670
• Pubmed ID:
  30592547
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6483849
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 DP006266/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; S043/Centers for Disease Control/International ; ICA-CL-2016-02-014/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom ; P60-AR-062760/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States ; R01 AR047853/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States ; CDF-2015-08-032/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom ; 18174/Arthritis Research UK Programme/International ; S3486/Association of Schools of Public Health/International ; 21595/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis/International
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:65ba5783868b0837bff4830ea2353ab82f832011f8a46cd7b90487e184582054
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/77860/cdc_77860_DS1.pdf
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