Back and neck pain and psychopathology in rural sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the gilgel gibe growth and development study, Ethiopia

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 684-689

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b   Hadley, Craig ^c   Tessema, Fasil ^d   Tegegn, Ayalew ^d   Cowan Jr , John A ^b   Galea, Sandro ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Back; Comorbidity; Mental health; Neck; Pain; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; BACK PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650087661     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b4926e     Document Type: Article

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