Incidence of neck and upper extremity complaints in general practice
| Complaint or diagnosis | Incidence (95% CI), per 1000 person-years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health insurance | Sex | Total (95% CI) | ||||||
| Public (95% CI) | Private (95% CI) | p Value† | Male (95% CI) | Female (95% CI) | p Value† | |||
| *International Classification of Primary Care.8 | ||||||||
| †Statistically significant difference between public and private health insurance, and men and women respectively (p<0.01). | ||||||||
| CI, confidence interval. | ||||||||
| L01 | Neck symptom/complaint | 17.8 (17.3 to 18.3) | 11.2 (10.6 to 11.8) | <0.0001 | 11.6 (11.1 to 12.1) | 19.3 (18.7 to 20.0) | <0.0001 | 15.5 (15.1 to 15.9) |
| L08 | Shoulder symptom/complaint | 13.3 (12.8 to 13.8) | 8.4 (7.9 to 8.9) | <0.0001 | 10.4 (9.9 to 10.8) | 12.8 (12.3 to 13.3) | <0.0001 | 11.6 (11.2 to 11.9) |
| L09 | Arm symptom/complaint | 4.9 (4.6 to 5.2) | 3.1 (2.8 to 3.4) | <0.0001 | 3.4 (3.1 to 3.6) | 5.2 (4.9 to 5.6) | <0.0001 | 4.3 (4.1 to 4.5) |
| L10 | Elbow symptom/complaint | 2.2 (2.0 to 2.4) | 1.8 (1.5 to 2.0) | <0.01 | 2.2 (2.0 to 2.4) | 1.9 (1.7 to 2.1) | = 0.06 | 2.1 (1.9 to 2.2) |
| L11 | Wrist symptom/complaint | 5.1 (4.8 to 5.4) | 3.6 (3.3 to 4.0) | <0.0001 | 3.6 (3.3 to 3.9) | 5.6 (5.2 to 5.9) | <0.0001 | 4.6 (4.4 to 4.8) |
| L12 | Hand/finger symptom/complaint | 8.8 (8.4 to 9.2) | 5.9 (5.5 to 6.3) | <0.0001 | 6.8 (6.5 to 7.2) | 8.7 (8.3 to 9.2) | <0.0001 | 7.8 (7.5 to 8.1) |
| L83 | Syndrome of cervical spine | 3.7 (3.5 to 3.9) | 2.9 (2.6 to 3.2) | <0.001 | 2.7 (2.5 to 3.0) | 4.1 (3.8 to 4.4) | <0.0001 | 3.4 (3.2 to 3.6) |
| L92 | Shoulder syndrome | 12.5 (12.1 to 13.0) | 9.2 (8.7 to 9.7) | <0.0001 | 10.0 (9.5 to 10.4) | 12.7 (12.2 to 13.2) | <0.0001 | 11.4 (11.0 to 11.7) |
| L93 | Tennis elbow | 5.5 (5.2 to 5.8) | 4.2 (3.9 to 4.6) | <0.0001 | 5.1 (4.7 to 5.4) | 5.1 (4.7 to 5.4) | = 0.99 | 5.1 (4.8 to 5.3) |
| Total | 73.9 (73.5 to 74.2) | 50.4 (50.0 to 50.8) | <0.0001 | 55.7 (55.4 to 56.1) | 75.5 (75.1 to 75.9) | <0.0001 | 65.6 (65.4 to 65.9) | |