Burden of disability due to musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders

Lyn March; Emma U R Smith; Damian G Hoy; Marita J Cross; Lidia Sanchez-Riera; Fiona Blyth; Rachelle Buchbinder; Theo Vos; Anthony D Woolf

doi:10.1016/j.berh.2014.08.002

Burden of disability due to musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders

Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2014 Jun;28(3):353-66. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2014.08.002. Epub 2014 Nov 18.

Authors

Lyn March¹, Emma U R Smith¹, Damian G Hoy², Marita J Cross¹, Lidia Sanchez-Riera³, Fiona Blyth⁴, Rachelle Buchbinder⁵, Theo Vos⁶, Anthony D Woolf⁷

Affiliations

¹ University of Sydney Institute of Bone and Joint Research, and Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
² University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, QLD, Australia.
³ University of Sydney Institute of Bone and Joint Research, and Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia; Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Departament de Reumatologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, QLD, Australia; Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Department of Rheumatology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK. Electronic address: woolf@btinternet.com.

PMID: 25481420
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2014.08.002

Abstract

This chapter summarises the global and regional prevalence, disability (Years Lived with Disability (YLDs)) and overall burden (Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)) and costs for the common musculoskeletal disorders including low back and neck pain, hip and knee osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, and a remaining combined group of other MSK conditions. The contribution of the role of pain in disability burden is introduced. Trends over time and predictions of increasing MSK disability with demographic changes are addressed and the particular challenges facing the developing world are highlighted.

Keywords: Burden; Costs; DALYs; Developing countries; Global trends; MSK disorders; Pain; Prevalence; YLDs.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cost of Illness
Disability Evaluation*
Disabled Persons / statistics & numerical data*
Global Health / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Musculoskeletal Diseases / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Risk Factors