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Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part ICharles G Helmick
CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
Arthritis Rheum 58:15-25. 2008..A companion article (part II) addresses additional conditions...
Arthritis burden and impact are greater among U.S. women than men: intervention opportunitiesKristina A Theis
Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:441-53. 2007....
Monitoring healthy people 2010 arthritis management objectives: education and clinician counseling for weight loss and exerciseBarbara T Do
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:136-41. 2011..Our goal was to monitor the progress of 3 Healthy People 2010 (HP2010) objectives encouraging self-management education and clinician counseling for weight loss and physical activity among adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis...
A public health approach to addressing arthritis in older adults: the most common cause of disabilityJennifer M Hootman
Arthritis Program, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Public Health 102:426-33. 2012..We have emphasized the role of the public health system in reducing the impact of this large and growing public health problem, and we have presented priority public health actions...
Arthritis restricts volunteer participation: prevalence and correlates of volunteer status among adults with arthritisKristina A Theis
Arthritis Program, Division of Adult and Community Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:907-16. 2010....
Prevalence and correlates of arthritis-attributable work limitation in the US population among persons ages 18-64: 2002 National Health Interview Survey DataKristina A Theis
Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Arthritis Rheum 57:355-63. 2007..To estimate the national prevalence of arthritis-attributable work limitation (AAWL) among persons ages 18-64 with doctor-diagnosed arthritis and examine correlates of AAWL...
Prevalence of diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation among adults with and without diagnosed diabetes: United States, 2008-2010Yiling J Cheng
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Diabetes Care 35:1686-91. 2012..To estimate the prevalence of diagnosed arthritis among U.S. adults and the proportion of arthritis-attributable activity limitation (AAAL) among those with arthritis by diagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) status...
Prevalence of and annual ambulatory health care visits for pediatric arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions in the United States in 2001-2004Jeffrey J Sacks
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Arthritis Rheum 57:1439-45. 2007..To estimate the prevalence of and the annual number of ambulatory health care visits for pediatric arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions...
Prevalence of specific types of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the ambulatory health care system in the United States, 2001-2005Jeffrey J Sacks
Sue Binder Consulting, Atlanta, GA, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:460-4. 2010....
Women and arthritis: burden, impact and prevention programsJennifer M Hootman
Arthritis Program, Health Care and Aging Studies Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Womens Health Gend Based Med 11:407-16. 2002..Future research should focus on improving earlier diagnosis and increasing access to effective interventions...
Differences in the prevalence and severity of arthritis among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2002, 2003, and 2006Julie Bolen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adult and Community Health, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K 51, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A64. 2010..Our finding that arthritis disproportionately affects certain racial/ethnic minorities may be useful for planning interventions...
The impact of osteoarthritis in the United States: a population-health perspectiveLouise Murphy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Nurs 112:S13-9. 2012..Nurses can improve the quality of life of people with OA by raising awareness among their patients and peers of the substantial OA burden and the strategies, such as physical activity, that can reduce it...
Hospitalizations for arthritis and other rheumatic conditions: data from the 1997 National Hospital Discharge SurveyMargaret Lethbridge-Cejku
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, USA
Med Care 41:1367-73. 2003..CONCLUSION: Arthritis has a sizable impact on the hospital care system. As our population ages, this impact, in both human and economic terms, is likely to increase...
Lifetime risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritisLouise Murphy
Business Computer Applications, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:1207-13. 2008..To estimate the lifetime risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA), overall and stratified by sex, race, education, history of knee injury, and body mass index (BMI)...
Intervention programs for arthritis and other rheumatic diseasesTeresa J Brady
Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:44-63. 2003..Other packaged interventions show promise in reducing pain, disability, and depression and in increasing self-care behaviors, but they need to be evaluated more extensively...
Should people who have joint symptoms, but no diagnosis of arthritis from a doctor, be included in surveillance efforts?Julie Bolen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:150-4. 2011..e., possible arthritis). We evaluate the value of including persons classified as having possible arthritis in surveillance of arthritis...
Health related quality of life among adults reporting arthritis: analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, US, 1996-99Fatima Mili
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Rheumatol 30:160-6. 2003....
Projections of US prevalence of arthritis and associated activity limitationsJennifer M Hootman
Arthritis Program, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop K 51, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arthritis Rheum 54:226-9. 2006..To update the projected prevalence of self-reported, doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitations among US adults ages 18 years and older from 2005 through 2030...
Deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions, United States, 1979-1998Jeffrey J Sacks
Arthritis Program, Health Care and Aging Studies Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Rheumatol 31:1823-8. 2004..To analyze US trends in deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions (AORC)...
Validation of a surveillance case definition for arthritisJeffrey J Sacks
Division of Adult and Community Health DACH, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion NCCDPHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Rheumatol 32:340-7. 2005..To assess whether self-reports of chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed arthritis can validly identify persons with clinically verifiable arthritis...
Physical activity levels among the general US adult population and in adults with and without arthritisJennifer M Hootman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Arthritis Rheum 49:129-35. 2003
Influence of physical activity-related joint stress on the risk of self-reported hip/knee osteoarthritis: a new method to quantify physical activityJennifer M Hootman
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Med 36:636-44. 2003..The purpose of this study was to develop a method to quantify PA-related joint stress and to assess its influence on the risk of hip/knee OA...
Magnitude and characteristics of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions on ambulatory medical care visits, United States, 1997Jennifer M Hootman
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Arthritis Rheum 47:571-81. 2002..To describe ambulatory medical care utilization, defined to exclude injury-related visits, for persons with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions...
Validity and reliability of self-reported arthritis: Georgia senior centers, 2000-2001Jennifer M Bombard
Arthritis Foundation, Georgia Chapter, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:251-8. 2005..The purpose of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the 1996-2001 BRFSS arthritis case definition in a senior center population...
The impact of osteoarthritis in the United States: a population-health perspective: A population-based review of the fourth most common cause of hospitalization in U.S. adultsLouise Murphy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Orthop Nurs 31:85-91. 2012..Nurses can improve the quality of life of people with OA by raising awareness among their patients and peers of the substantial OA burden and the strategies, such as physical activity, that can reduce it...
Prevalence of arthritis: analysis of data from the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1996-99Fatima Mili
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Rheumatol 29:1981-8. 2002..In addition, clinical and public health interventions may be targeted toward those subgroups with high prevalence rates of arthritis to reduce the disability from arthritis and improve their health related quality of life...
Medical care expenditures and earnings losses of persons with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States in 1997: total and incremental estimatesEdward Yelin
Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0920, USA
Arthritis Rheum 50:2317-26. 2004....
Racial differences in sleep medication use: a cross-sectional study of the Johnston County Osteoarthritis ProjectKelli D Allen
Department of Medicine, Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Ann Pharmacother 42:1239-46. 2008..Little is known about racial differences in the use of sleep medications...
Serum hyaluronan levels and radiographic knee and hip osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis ProjectAlan L Elliott
Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 3330 Thurston Building, CB #7280, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Arthritis Rheum 52:105-11. 2005..The lack of strong confounding between serum HA and comorbidities further supports a role for serum HA as a potential biomarker...
Physical activity and health related quality of life among people with arthritisJill E Abell
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:380-5. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Among people with arthritis, recommended levels of physical activity were associated with fewer mean physically and mentally unhealthy days and a decreased probability of having severely impaired physical or mental HRQOL...
Physical activity in men and women with arthritis National Health Interview Survey, 2002Margaret Shih
Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, CA 90012, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:385-93. 2006..This study estimates the national prevalence of leisure-time physical activity and identifies factors associated with physical inactivity in adults with arthritis...
A case-control study of serum tocopherol levels and the alpha- to gamma-tocopherol ratio in radiographic knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis ProjectJoanne M Jordan
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, 27599 7330, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:968-77. 2004..Associations between radiographic knee osteoarthritis and tocopherol isoforms are complex and may vary by ethnicity and sex...
Prevalence of knee symptoms and radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis ProjectJoanne M Jordan
Thurston Arthritis Research Center and Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7280, USA
J Rheumatol 34:172-80. 2007..To report contemporary estimates of the prevalence of knee-related osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes in African Americans and Caucasians aged > or = 45 years...
Medical care expenditures and earnings losses among persons with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in 2003, and comparisons with 1997Edward Yelin
University of California, San Francisco 94143 0920, USA
Arthritis Rheum 56:1397-407. 2007....
Ethnic and sex differences in serum levels of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis ProjectJoanne M Jordan
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599-7330, USA
Arthritis Rheum 48:675-81. 2003..CONCLUSION: Serum COMP levels vary by ethnicity and sex. These factors should be considered in the derivation of standards using this, and possibly other, potential biomarkers of OA...
Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part IIReva C Lawrence
NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Arthritis Rheum 58:26-35. 2008..A companion article (part I) addresses additional conditions...
Anthropometric measures, body composition, body fat distribution, and knee osteoarthritis in womenLauren M Abbate
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7280, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1274-81. 2006....
