Yang WL, Jiang WC, Peng YH, Zhang XJ, Zhou R. Low back pain in China: Disease burden and bibliometric analysis. World J Orthop 2024; 15(12): 1200-1207 [PMID: 39744725 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i12.1200]
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Rui Zhou, MD, Doctor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 1279 Sanmen Road, Shanghai 200434, China. ruizhoukepler@126.com
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Orthopedics
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Scientometrics
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Wei-Lin Yang, Wen-Cai Jiang, Yan-Hua Peng, Xian-Jie Zhang, Department of Anesthesiology, Deyang People’s Hospital, Deyang 618000, Sichuan Province, China
Rui Zhou, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
Co-first authors: Wei-Lin Yang and Wen-Cai Jiang.
Author contributions: Yang WL, Jiang WC and Zhou R conceived and designed the study; Yang WL, Jiang WC and Peng YH participated in data processing and analysis; Yang WL, Jiang WC, Peng YH, Zhou R, Zhang XJ drafted the manuscript; Yang WL and Jiang WC contributed to data analysis and interpretation; Zhang XJ supervised the review of the study; all authors seriously revised and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Rui Zhou, MD, Doctor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 1279 Sanmen Road, Shanghai 200434, China. ruizhoukepler@126.com
Received: September 14, 2024 Revised: November 1, 2024 Accepted: December 3, 2024 Published online: December 18, 2024 Processing time: 94 Days and 2.7 Hours
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Low back pain has become a global problem. Since many traditional Chinese therapies are helpful for low back pain, the current status of low back pain in China may provide some insights to this issue.
AIM
To demonstrate the disease burden of low back pain in China and the response of Chinese scholars to this issue.
METHODS
The burden of low back pain in China was estimated using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 released by the American Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The incidence, prevalence and disability-adjusted life years were analyzed. We also performed a bibliometric analysis to analyzed the publication trend, changes of cooperation models and research topics on low back pain.
RESULTS
Prevalence of low back pain increased from 69.61 million in 1990 to 102.96 million in 2021. New cases increased by a stunning 44.50 million in 2021. Low back pain led to an increase of 4.16 per 1000000 population in terms of disability-adjusted life years from 1990 to 2021. But the increase in China was slower than that of world average. As a response, publications of low back pain published by Chinese scholars were stably raised. From 1990 to 2023, domestic cooperation significantly increased, while international cooperation and no cooperation decreased. However, domestic cooperation decreased between 2021 and 2023. The number of studies on prevention and treatment of low back pain reduced from 1990 to 2023, while the mechanism, etiology and other aspects of low back pain augmented.
CONCLUSION
The burden of low back pain in China is heavy. Together with the government, Chinese institutions of medical science should do more in declining the impacts of low back pain.
Core Tip: Low back pain has become one of the most common health issues globally. As a country with the most population, the situation of low back pain in China is of great importance. This study analyzed the disease burden of low back pain in China from 1990 to 2021 on the basis of Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Additionally, a bibliometric analysis was performed to show what did Chinese scholars do on low back pain.
