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Number of people with severe back pain (severe) (6619) Metric type
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- This is the number of people with back pain. It is often caused by a simple muscle, tendon or ligament strain and not usually by a serious problem. Back pain can be acute, where the pain starts quickly but then reduces after a few days or weeks, or chronic, where pain might last on and off for several weeks or even months and years. Often back pain doesn't have one simple cause but may be due to a range of factors, including: poor posture, lack of exercise resulting in stiffening of the spine, muscle strains or sprains, or specific conditions which are associated with pain felt in the back. Severe back pain includes cases that would require special attention, and additional resources, from healthcare providers and commissioners. Severity of back pain was determined using the chronic pain grade based on GCPS version 2.0. Severe back pain was defined as Grade 2 (high intensity) or 3 (moderately limiting) or 4 (severely limiting). There are currently no routinely collected data on the prevalence of this condition so the data provided here are small area modelled estimates. The estimates are based on a statistical model commissioned by Arthritis Research UK from Imperial College London using data from the Health Survey for England (HSfE) 2011. After analysis, survey information contained in HSfE was combined with known local data about different risk factors and a model was produced and applied to ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates for 2012. The Health Survey for England (HSfE) is a general population sample of adults and children, representative of the whole population at both national and regional level. A total of 8,610 adults aged 16 and over and 2,007 children aged 0-15 were interviewed. A household response rate of 66% was achieved for the core sample. Among the general population sample, 5,715 adults and 1,257 children had a nurse visit. If you would like to find out more about how the estimates were modelled, including the technical document, please contact data@arthritisresearchuk.org.
- Modified
- 11 Nov 2020
- Data last updated
- 23 Jun 2022
- Short label
- People with severe back pain
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- People
- Dataset
- Prevalence of back pain in people all ages
- Collection
- Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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