[Incidence rates of articular pain in urban and rural population of Russia (preliminary data)].
OBJECTIVE
Screening of the population sample for articular pain and swelling.


METHODS
A screening questionnaire for detection of arthritides and arthralgias was filled in for each adult rural and urban citizen aged over 18 years from 15 RF regions. Rural population was covered with a complete examination, urban one was examined by formation of a representative sample from general population. The screening covered a total of 31424 persons, mean age of whom was 47.6 +/- 17.6 years. Among them 14001 lived in the cities and 17423 in the villages. 61% respondents were women.


RESULTS
Prevalence of arthralgias in the population reaches 46%. While the symptoms alleviated with time in 8%, they became chronic in the rest. The articular complaints rate in the population is sex-related and depends on the age. In persons under 20 years arthralgia occurs in 9%. Urban citizens have articular pains more frequently than rural population--43 and 33%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Pilot results of the screening program demonstrate prevalence of arthralgias in Russia and the importance of joint pathology problem in Russia.
Erdes
Sh
Sh
Galushko
E A
EA
Bakhtina
L A
LA
Bol'shakova
T Iu
TIu
Vinogradova
I B
IB
Ershova
O B
OB
Zabrodchenko
N V
NV
Zotkin
E G
EG
Ivanova
O N
ON
Korshunov
N I
NI
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population