Musculoskeletal pain in primary health care in a town of the Mucuri Valley, northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Pain, Epidemiology, Public HealthAbstract
Musculoskeletal pain is a public health problem due to its high prevalence, high cost and negative impact on the quality of life of patients and their relatives. Musculoskeletal pain is an important clinical feature in the context of the primary health care. Thus, the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain as the reason for seeking medical assistance in primary health care in the town of Serra dos Aimores, located in the Northeastern region of the state of Minas Gerais, in the Mucuri Valley, Brazil in an attempt to correlate such clinical picture to gender and age variables. Among all the clinical diagnoses, musculoskeletal pain was the most prevalent reason for seeking medical assistance in a total of 1,306 investigated patients, being found in 139 of them (10.64%). The statistical analysis of the data found a significant association between male gender and the presence of musculoskeletal pain. Regarding the age variable, the frequency of musculoskeletal pain increased with age. However, there was no statistically significant difference when the groups, divided according to age range, were compared. Such findings reinforce the importance of the evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal pain by the primary health care staff. Special importance must be given to specific populations such as the elderly. Moreover, the differences related to gender must also be taken into account.
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