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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to low back pain in Malta.

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2020


Arch Public Health


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32760586?dopt=Abstract


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Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to low back pain in Malta.

Authors

Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to low back pain in Malta.
Cuschieri S, Wyper GMA, Calleja N, Gorasso V, Devleesschauwer B
Arch Public Health. 2020; 78:68.
PMID: 32760586.

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is a public health concern and a leading cause of ill health. A high prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints has been reported for Malta, a small European state. The aim was to estimate for the first time the burden of LBP at population level in Malta in terms of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and compare to estimates obtained by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.
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