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 | |||||
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Elbow 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 | 4.6 (4.0-5.7) | 6.4 (5.4-7.4) | 5.7 (4.8-6.6) | L |
75+ | 4.4 (3.5-5.2) | 8.3 (7.3-9.4) | 7.0 (6.0-8.0) | |||||||||||
Elbow 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 | 1 | U | U | |
75-101 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Elbow 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% | 53% | 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: [elbow]?” | Self report | One week | 61+ | 33.0 | U | ||
Elbow pain | Picavet [78] 2003 The Netherlands | 1998, (25+ yo), stratified random sample taken from the population register (the DMC3-study). Postal questionnaire | 3664 | 45% | 55% | 46 | [Elbow] pain during the survey | Self report | Point | 65+ | 4.9 (3.1-6.7) | 8.0 (5.8-10.2) | L | |
Elbow/ forearm pain | Gummesson [89] 2003 Sweden | 1997, (25–74 yo), stratified randomised sample from the Swedish population register in southern Sweden. Postal questionnaire | 2466 | ? | ? | 82 | Chronic pain: ‘Where is the pain, numbness, or tingling located and since when have you had the symptoms?’ [elbow/forearm, since 3 months] | Self report | Point | 65-74 | 1.7 | 8.3 | U |