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Chronic forearm pain presents as a transient and indistinct pain site in a community setting : results from a UK population survey
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Carnes, Dawn, Ashby, Deborah, Parsons, Suzanne and Underwood, Martin (2008) Chronic forearm pain presents as a transient and indistinct pain site in a community setting : results from a UK population survey. Family Practice, Vol.25 (No.3). pp. 197-201. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn027 ISSN 0263-2136.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmn027
Abstract
Objectives. To investigate the prevalence of chronic forearm pain in a non-occupational community setting over a 2-year period.
Method. A longitudinal community-based postal questionnaire survey conducted in the south-eastern quadrant of England.
Results. We received 2493/4172 (60%) responses at baseline and we followed up 429 of these 2 years later: 252 responded (59%). Forearm pain prevalence was 4% at baseline and 5% at follow-up. Over 95% of those with forearm pain had pain in other areas [odds ratio 1.5 (95% confidence interval 1.3–1.7)] and it was most commonly associated with elbow and wrist pain. Seventy-six per cent of those with forearm pain at baseline recovered. At follow-up, 78% of those with chronic forearm pain had new-onset forearm pain.
Conclusions. Persistent forearm pain (pain for over 2 years) was rare and the capacity for recovery was good (76%). Isolated forearm pain as a diagnostic category is of little utility. Treating and managing forearm pain in a site-specific manner is unlikely to be successful owing to its strong association with pain in other areas. In the community, forearm pain laterality was not evident; our findings suggest that forearm pain in the workplace is influenced by different factors to those in a community setting.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Chronic pain, Health surveys -- Great Britain, Social surveys -- Great Britain | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Family Practice | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0263-2136 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.25 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 197-201 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/fampra/cmn027 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Arthritis Research UK, Assurance Medical Society UK, Barts and The London Joint Research Board (BLJRB) |
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