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Yu, D, Peat, G, Jordan, KP, Bailey, J, Prieto-Alhambra, D, Robinson, DE, Strauss, VY, Walker-Bone, K, Silman, A, Mamas, M, Blackburn, S, Dent, S, Dunn, K, Judge, A, Protheroe, J and Wilkie, R (2021) Estimating the population health burden of musculoskeletal conditions using primary care electronic health records. Rheumatology, 60 (10). pp. 4832-4843. ISSN 1462-0324

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Abstract
Objectives
Better indicators from affordable, sustainable data sources are needed to monitor population burden of musculoskeletal conditions. We propose five indicators of musculoskeletal health and assessed if routinely available primary care electronic health records (EHR) can estimate population levels in musculoskeletal consulters.
Methods
We collected validated patient-reported measures of pain experience, function, health status through a local survey of adults (≧34 years) presenting to English general practices over 12-months for low back pain (LBP), shoulder pain, osteoarthritis and other regional musculoskeletal disorders. Using EHR data we derived and validated models for estimating population-levels of five self-reported indicators: prevalence of high impact chronic pain, overall musculoskeletal health (based on Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire), quality of life (based on EuroQoL health utility measure), and prevalence of moderate-to-severe LBP pain, and moderate-to-severe shoulder pain. We applied models to a national EHR database (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) to obtain national estimates of each indicator for three successive years.
Results
The optimal models included recorded demographics, deprivation, consultation frequency, analgesic and antidepressant prescriptions, and multimorbidity. Applying models to national EHR, we estimated that 31.9% of adults (≧34 years) presenting with non-inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders in England in 2016/17 experienced high impact chronic pain. Estimated population health levels were worse in women, older aged, and those in the most deprived neighbourhoods, and changed little over three years.
Conclusion
National and subnational estimates for a range of subjective indicators of non-inflammatory musculoskeletal health conditions can be obtained using information from routine electronic health records.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | electronic health records, primary care, musculoskeletal, health services research, surveillance, pain, quality of life, back pain, shoulder pain, musculoskeletal diseases, primary health care, shoulder pain, electronic medical records, population health |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | electronic health records, primary care, musculoskeletal, health services research, surveillance, pain, quality of life, back pain, shoulder pain |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC925 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC927 Rheumatism |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Primary, Community and Social Care |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2021 15:21 |
Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2022 10:29 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/9152 |
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