Number of consultations for neck and upper extremity complaints in general practice
| Complaint or diagnosis | Number of consultations (95% CI), per 1000 registered persons | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 38.8 (34.9 to 42.7) | 22.7 (17.3 to 28.0) | <0.0001 | 24.3 (19.8 to 28.8) | 41.9 (37.5 to 46.3) | <0.0001 | 33.2 (30.0 to 36.3) |
| L08 | Shoulder symptom/complaint | 31.9 (28.0 to 35.8) | 18.7 (13.3 to 24.0) | <0.0001 | 23.2 (18.7 to 27.7) | 31.4 (26.9 to 35.8) | <0.0001 | 27.3 (24.1 to 30.4) |
| L09 | Arm symptom/complaint | 9.8 (5.8 to 13.7) | 5.9 (0.5 to 11.3) | <0.0001 | 6.3 (1.8 to 10.8) | 10.5 (6.0 to 15.0) | <0.0001 | 8.4 (5.2 to 11.6) |
| L10 | Elbow symptom/complaint | 4.3 (0.4 to 8.3) | 3.1 (−2.2 to 8.5) | <0.0001 | 4.1 (−0.5 to 8.6) | 3.7 (−0.8 to 8.2) | = 0.06 | 3.9 (0.7 to 7.1) |
| L11 | Wrist symptom/complaint | 10.0 (6.1 to 14.0) | 6.4 (1.0 to 11.7) | <0.0001 | 6.3 (1.8 to 10.8) | 11.1 (6.6 to 15.6) | <0.0001 | 8.7 (5.6 to 11.9) |
| L12 | Hand/finger symptom/complaint | 16.0 (12.0 to 19.9) | 10.3 (4.9 to 15.6) | <0.0001 | 11.9 (7.4 to 16.4) | 16.0 (11.6 to 20.5) | <0.0001 | 14.0 (10.8 to 17.1) |
| L83 | Syndrome of cervical spine | 11.0 (7.0 to 14.9) | 7.1 (1.7 to 12.5) | <0.0001 | 7.3 (2.8 to 11.8) | 11.9 (7.4 to 16.4) | <0.0001 | 9.6 (6.4 to 12.8) |
| L92 | Shoulder syndrome | 35.2 (31.3 to 39.1) | 24.1 (18.8 to 29.5) | <0.0001 | 27.1 (22.6 to 31.6) | 35.6 (31.1 to 40.0) | <0.0001 | 31.3 (28.2 to 34.5) |
| L93 | Tennis elbow | 11.4 (7.4 to 15.3) | 7.7 (2.4 to 13.1) | <0.0001 | 9.7 (5.2 to 14.2) | 10.5 (6.0 to 14.9) | = 0.98 | 10.1 (6.91 to 3.3) |
| Total | 168.4 (164.8 to 172.0) | 106.0 (100.9 to 111.1) | <0.0001 | 120.1 (115.9 to 124.4) | 172.6 (168.5 to 176.7) | <0.0001 | 146.5 (143.6 to 149.5) | |