Table 13 Description of studies on ankle and foot pain
First author Publ. year Country | Study design / Population / Method of collection | Sample size | Crude response rate (%) | Outcome definition | Outcome assessment method | Prevalence period | Age | Prevalence* (95% CI) | Risk of bias | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | M | F | M | F | Total | |||||||||
Ankle pain | Dunn [99] 2004 UK | 2001-2, (65+ yo), individuals born on or before July 31, 1935 and residing in Springfield, identified by Medicare beneficiary files and the Springfield town census. Interview + examination (home) | 784 | 339 | 445 | 10 | pain or discomfort in any of their joints on most days during the past 4 weeks | Self report | One month | 75+ | 14.1 | 15.3 | 14.9 | U |
Ankle pain | Yaron [86] 2011 Israel | 2002, 2006, 2008, (20+ yo), stratified sample drawn from a telephone database on different population sectors. Telephone interview + questionnaire | 2520 | 47.2% | 52.8% | 59-66 | The Community Oriented Program for the Control of Rheumatic Diseases core questionnaire (CCQ): “In the past 7 days have you experienced pain in any of the following sites: [ankles]?” | Self report | One week | 61+ | 35.9 | U | ||
Ankle pain | Picavet [78] 2003 The Netherlands | 1998, (25+ yo), stratified random sample taken from the population register (the DMC3-study). Postal questionnaire | 3664 | 44.8% | 55.2% | 46 | [Ankle] pain during the survey | Self report | Point | 65+ | 4.6 (2.9-6.3) | 9.8 (7.4-12.2) | L | |
Ankle/foot pain | Parsons [77] 2007 UK | 2001-3, (18+ yo), random samples from 16 Medical Research Council General Practice Research Framework practices, South East quadrant of the UK. Postal questionnaire | 2501 | 1347 | 1154 | 47 | The Chronic Pain Grade: Any ‘pain which has lasted for 3 months or longer and currently troubles respondents either all of the time or on and off' | Self report | Three months | 65-74 | 4 | U | ||
75-101 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Foot pain | Peat [92] 2006 UK | 2002, (50+ yo), all community-dwelling adults registered with 3 general practices in North Staffordshire (The NorStOP). Postal questionnaire | 2429 | 1005 | 1424 | 22 | The Regional Pains Survey, containing the Foot Disability Index (the FDI-FOOT) | Self report | One year | 65-74 | 45 | 58 | U | |
75+ | 51 | 55 | ||||||||||||
Foot pain | Keenan [73] 2006 UK | 1993, (55+ yo), a two-stage random sample from the North Yorkshire Family Health Services Authority. Postal questionnaire | 16222 | ? | ? | 86 | Any swelling, pain, or stiffness in any of their joints that lasted >6 weeks in the previous 3 months (identified on a manikin) | Self report | Three months | 65-74 | 14.1 (12.8-15.4) | 20.7 (19.2-22.2) | 17.7 (16.3-19.1) | L |
75+ | 14.0 (12.7-15.3) | 26.9 (25.3-28.3) | 22.5 (21.0-24.0) | |||||||||||
Foot pain | Miro [75] 2007 Spain | (65+ yo), stratified random sample taken from the population census obtained from the Catalan Statistics Institute, Catalonia. Interview + questionnaire (local primary care centre) | 592 | 274 | 318 | 99 | The Chronic Pain Grade: “In the past 3 months have you had pain that has lasted for one day or longer in any part of your body?” | Self report | Three months | 65-74 | 37.4 | L | ||
75-84 | 44.1 | |||||||||||||
85+ | 55.8 | |||||||||||||
Foot pain | Mickle [97] 2010 Australia | (60+ yo), from 16 randomly selected federal electorates in Sydney and Illawarra statistical regions, New South Wales. Questionnaire | 312 | 158 | 154 | 16 | The Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (MFPDI) ≥ 1 | Self report | One month | 60+ | 50 | H | ||
Foot pain | Mølgaard [98] 2010 Denmark | 2005, (18–80 yo), random sample from the Danish Civil Registration System of the Aalborg municipality. Postal questionnaire | 1671 | 807 | 864 | 80 | "Have you within the last month had pain in your feet which lasted more than one day?" | Self report | One month | 60-80 | 28.6 | L | ||
Foot pain | Thomas [87] 2004 UK | (50+ yo), all patients from three GPs from the North Staffordshire Primary Care Research Consortium (the NorStOP). Postal questionnaire | 7878 | ? | ? | 70 | “In the past 4 weeks have you had pain that has lasted for one day or longer in any part of your body?” [supplemented by a full body manikin] | Self report | One month | 60-69 | 23.5 | U | ||
70-79 | 22.5 | |||||||||||||
80+ | 19.5 | |||||||||||||
Foot pain | Badlissi [95] 2005 USA | 2001-2, (65+ yo), individuals born on or before July 31, 1935 and residing in Springfield, identified by Medicare beneficiary files and the Springfield town census. Interview + questionnaire (telephone) + examination (home visit) | 784 | 339 | 445 | 10 | Aches or pains in your feet past week or any foot pain or discomfort on most days during the past four weeks | Self report | One month | 65+ | 41.6 | H | ||
Foot pain | Menz [96] 2005 Australia | (62–92 yo), combined independent units and serviced apartments in retirement village. Questionnaire + examination (home) | 176 | 56 | 120 | ? | Subjects were asked whether they suffered from painful feet | Self report | Point | 62-92 | 14 | 28 | 24 | L |
Foot pain | Picavet [78] 2003 The Netherlands | 1998, (25+ yo), stratified random sample taken from the population register (the DMC3-study). Postal questionnaire | 3664 | 44.8% | 55.2% | 46 | [Foot] pain during the survey | Self report | Point | 65+ | 8.9 (6.3-11.2) | 11.8 (9.2-14.4) | L | |