The global burden of low back pain

Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

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ID23360372
AuthorsDamian Hoy (Queensland Health, corresponding author), Lyn March (0000-0003-1736-8111, The University of Sydney), Peter Brooks (0000-0003-4915-4986, The University of Melbourne), Fiona Blyth (0000-0003-1128-6756, The University of Sydney), Anthony Woolf, Anthony D Woolf (0000-0001-8482-8056, Royal Cornwall Hospital), Christopher Bain (Australian National University), Gail Williams (0000-0002-4822-5263, The University of Queensland), Emma Smith (0009-0005-3138-8727, The University of Sydney), Theo Vos (0000-0002-5690-5365, University of Washington), Jan J Barendregt (The University of Queensland), Jan Barendregt, Chris Murray (0000-0001-8980-4539, University of Washington), Roy Burstein (0000-0001-8991-4762, University of Washington), Rachelle Buchbinder (0000-0002-0597-0933, Monash University)
Year2014
Volume73
Issue6
Pages968-974
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-4967 • E-ISSN: 1468-2060
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204428
PMID24665116
OpenAlexW2167810128
LanguageEN
Citations received87
References cited28

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the global burden of low back pain (LBP). METHODS: LBP was defined as pain in the area on the posterior aspect of the body from the lower margin of the twelfth ribs to the lower glutaeal folds with or without pain referred into one or both lower limbs that lasts for at least one day. Systematic reviews were performed of the prevalence, incidence, remission, duration, and mortality risk of LBP. Four levels of severity were identified for LBP with and without leg pain, each with their own disability weights. The disability weights were applied to prevalence values to derive the overall disability of LBP expressed as years lived with disability (YLDs). As there is no mortality from LBP, YLDs are the same as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). RESULTS: Out of all 291 conditions studied in the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study, LBP ranked highest in terms of disability (YLDs), and sixth in terms of overall burden (DALYs). The global point prevalence of LBP was 9.4% (95% CI 9.0 to 9.8). DALYs increased from 58.2 million (M) (95% CI 39.9M to 78.1M) in 1990 to 83.0M (95% CI 56.6M to 111.9M) in 2010. Prevalence and burden increased with age. CONCLUSIONS: LBP causes more global disability than any other condition. With the ageing population, there is an urgent need for further research to better understand LBP across different settings.

Alternative medicine · Burden of disease · Disease · Disease burden · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry) · Low back pain · Pathology · Physical therapy · Population · Prevalence · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Occupational Health and Performance · Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

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