New Arthritis Care Pain Survey: Summary of Findings
Arthritis Care has just published the summary of findings of a comprehensive survey of people with all forms of arthritis in the UK focusing on their pain.
As the biggest cause of physical disability in the UK, arthritis affects up to 10 million people, including 12,000 children, and accounting for 30% of GP visits. It carries a huge economic cost as well as a human and social cost, estimated at £7 billion annually in terms of lost labour in 2007.
It is the most common cause of chronic pain in the UK with pain being the most common symptom of living with arthritis.
The purpose of the survey aimed to find out how pain affects everyday life in order to raise public awareness and to provide more information to people with arthritis who live with pain everyday, and to help those treating people living with pain to better understand the issues people with arthritis face in their daily lives. Click on the following link to read the summary report: Arthritis Care Pain Survey.
Posted: Wednesday 26 May 2010