ArticleChiropractic & manual therapies2022
Disability burden due to musculoskeletal conditions and low back pain in Australia: findings from GBD 2019.
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- Calling for more public health resources for women: findings from the burden of low back pain in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Global Burden of Disease Study 2019: an opportunity to understand the growing prevalence and impact of hip, knee, hand and other osteoarthritis in Australia.Internal medicine journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo report the national prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs) and attributable risk factors for all musculoskeletal conditions and separately for low back pain (LBP), as well as compare the disability burden related to musculoskeletal with other health conditions in Australia in 2019.
methodsGlobal Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 study meta-data on all musculoskeletal conditions and LBP specifically were accessed and aggregated. Counts and age-standardised rates, for both sexes and across all ages, for prevalence, YLDs and attributable risk factors are reported.
resultsIn 2019, musculoskeletal conditions were estimated to be the leading cause of YLDs in Australia (20.1%). There were 7,219,894.5 (95% UI: 6,847,113-7,616,567) prevalent cases of musculoskeletal conditions and 685,363 (95% UI: 487,722-921,471) YLDs due to musculoskeletal conditions. There were 2,676,192 (95% UI: 2,339,327-3,061,066) prevalent cases of LBP and 298,624 (95% UI: 209,364-402,395) YLDs due to LBP. LBP was attributed to 44% of YLDs due to musculoskeletal conditions. In 2019, 22.3% and 39.8% of YLDs due to musculoskeletal conditions and LBP, respectively, were attributed to modifiable GBD risk factors.
conclusionsThe ongoing high burden due to musculoskeletal conditions impacts Australians across the life course, and in particular females and older Australians. Strategies for integrative and organisational interventions in the Australian healthcare system should support high-value care and address key modifiable risk factors for disability such as smoking, occupational ergonomic factors and obesity.
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