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LÆKNABLAÐIÐ
kalda veðráttu. Það eru verðug
rannsóknaverkefni að prófa þessar og aðrar
tilgátur.
Síðustu árin hafa umræður um forvarnir aukist,
bæði innan heilbrigðisstétta og meðal
almennings. Árangur forvarnaraðgerða sést ekki
alltaf strax á breyttri líðan fólks eða lægri
sjúkdómstíðni. Þó má ætla, að heppilegra sé að
koma í veg fyrir mikil óþægindi, en að hjálpa
þeim sem þegar hafa þolað sársauka og orðið
fyrir vinnutapi. Ef þekkingu á líffræði og
lífeðlisfræði mannslíkamans ásamt verkfræði- og
tækniþekkingu er beitt til þess að ná góðri
samhæfingu manns og starfa, verður síðar hægt
að sjá jákvæðan árangur í auknum afköstum og
betri líðan fólks.
SUMMARY
Prevalence of musuloskelectal symptoms in the
Icelandic population. Survey of a random sample I.
In order to survey the prevalence of musculoskeletal
symptoms in the Icelandic population this study was
carried out on a random sample of men and women of
the ages 16 to 65 years. The aim was to gather a
reference material for future use in comparison with
results from different subgroups of the working
population. The cohort comprised 855 subjects, 421
men and 434 women. Questionnaires developed by a
working group supported by the Nordic Counci! of
Ministers were used. The questionnaires were sent by
mail and if not answered they were recalled thrice. The
participation rate was 73.5%, 301 men and 326 women
filled in the questionnaires. The age, sex and
geographical distribution of the non-participants were
similar as in the whole cohort. The highest prevalence of
symptoms during the last 12 months among the men
were reported from the neck, shoulders, low back and
head. The percentages were 37.7, 42.5, 56.3 and 34.8 in
the regions respectively. The highest prevalence of
symptoms during the last 12 months among women were
from the same regions as among men. The percentages
were 62.9, 65.3, 64.8 and 59.1 in the regions
respectively. The lowest prevalence of symptoms during
the last 12 months among men were from fingers, 11.6%
and among women from the elbow regions 12.6%. The
prevalence of the symptoms in each region differed
considerable between age groups. We are not aware of
any other study performed with these questionnaires on
a representative sample of a nation. The prevalence of
symptoms in this sample are high in both sexes as
compared to those found in variety of populations
representing many different occupations and work
tasks, which have been studied in Sweden. However,
these Swedish subpopulations are most likely selected as
a study material because of the awareness of some
musculoskeletal trouble among them.
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