Disease burden of rheumatic diseases in India: COPCORD perspective

Rheumatic Diseases in Chihuahua, México: A COPCORD Survey.

BACKGROUND Rheumatic diseases (RDs) represent a global problem for health care systems and patients. Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) is a low-cost screening tool for detecting musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and RDs. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the pattern of MSK pain and RDs in clinic population in Chihuahua City, Mexico. METHODS A cross...

Towards elucidation of the epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases in Mexico. COPCORD studies in the community.

Prevalence of rheumatic diseases in Brazil: a study using the COPCORD approach.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in residents of Montes Claros, Brazil, of both sexes, aged above 16 years, using the COPCORD questionnaire. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 3038 people; the sample was probabilistic, by conglomerates, multiple stages, within homogeneous strata, the sampling unit being the domicile. The COPCORD questionnaire was used for al...

Prevalence of the rheumatic diseases in urban Vietnam: a WHO-ILAR COPCORD study.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence rates of musculoskeletal disorders in an urban Vietnamese population. METHODS The Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Disease (COPCORD) Stage I study was carried out in 16 groups in the Trung Liet Commune, Dong Da District, Hanoi City, Vietnam. Phase 1: the WHO ILAR COPCORD Core Questionnaire was applied by primary health care workers to 2...

Current perspective on rituximab in rheumatic diseases

The steadily increasing knowledge regarding pathogenetic mechanisms in autoimmune rheumatic diseases has paved the way to different therapeutic approaches. In particular, the market entry of biologics has dramatically modified the natural history of rheumatic chronic inflammatory diseases with a meaningful impact on patients' quality of life. Among the wide spectrum of available biological trea...