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Prevalence of symptomatic osteoarthritis in Spain: EPISER2016 study.

Authors :: Blanco FJ
Silva-Díaz M
Quevedo Vila V
Seoane-Mato D
Pérez Ruiz F
Juan-Mas A
Pego-Reigosa JM
Narváez J
Quilis N
Cortés R
Romero Pérez A
Fábregas Canales D
Font Gayá T
Bordoy Ferrer C
Sánchez-Piedra C
Díaz-González F
Bustabad-Reyes S
Source :: Reumatologia clinica [Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed)] 2020 Apr 28. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 28.
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Ahead of Print
Abstract: Introduction: The Spanish Society of Rheumatology carried out the EPISER2000 study in 2000 to determine the prevalence of osteoarthritis and other rheumatic diseases in the Spanish population. Recent sociodemographic changes and lifestyle habits in Spain justified updating the epidemiological data on osteoarthritis and other rheumatic diseases (EPISER2016-study). Objective: To estimate the prevalence of symptomatic osteoarthritis of the cervical spine, lumbar spine, hip, knee and hand in the adult population in Spain. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional population-based study. A multistage and stratified random cluster sampling was carried out. The participants were contacted by telephone to complete an osteoarthritis screening questionnaire. A rheumatologist confirmed or discarded the diagnosis. The ACR-clinical-criteria were used to diagnose hand-osteoarthritis and the ACR-clinical-radiological criteria to diagnose knee- and hip-osteoarthritis. To estimate the prevalence and its 95% confidence interval, weights were calculated according to the probability of selection in each of the sampling stages. Results: The prevalence of osteoarthritis in Spain in one or more of the locations studied was 29.35%. The prevalence of cervical-osteoarthritis was 10.10% and of lumbar-osteoarthritis 15.52%. Both are more frequent in women and at older ages, as well as in people with low levels of education and obesity. The prevalence of hip-osteoarthritis was 5.13%, that of knee-osteoarthritis 13.83%, these are associated with female sex, overweight and obesity. The prevalence of hand osteoarthritis was 7.73%. It is more frequent in women, who are obese, with a low educational level and who are older. Conclusion: The EPISER2016 study is the first to analyse the prevalence of symptomatic osteoarthritis in 5 locations (cervical, lumbar, knee, hip and hands) in Spain. Lumbar spine osteoarthritis is the most prevalent. (Copyright © 2020. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U.)