Introducción Las enfermedades reumáticas son causa frecuente de discapacidad,
deterioran la calidad de vida y causan alto gasto en salud. El modelo COPCORD se ha …

Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and arthritis are universal problems but pain is difficult to
measure. In 1981 the ILAR and the World Health Organization (WHO) together launched the …

Introduction Rheumatic diseases are the leading cause of permanent disability. The
COPCORD model is an effective tool in the determination of the prevalence of diseases. The …

Background Guatemala is a multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural country. We have
evaluated 2 different ethnic groups from (1) San Juan Sacatepéquez County (SJSC), a rural …

Obesity is a common problem in nutrition, both in the developed and developing countries.
The aim of this study was to classify obesity by artificial neural networks and logistic …

Objective. Data on when to stop use of biological agents in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are
scant. We assessed the length of remission and the rate of clinical relapse in patients with …

Introduction Although low back pain (LBP) is a high-impact health condition, its burden has
not been examined from the syndemic perspective. Objective To compare and assess …

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and rheumatic
diseases in the Raramuri population (also known as Tarahumaras) who are an indigenous …

The purpose of the study is to validate a culturally sensitive adaptation of the community-
oriented program for the control of rheumatic diseases (COPCORD) methodology in several …

Objectives With the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases in low-income and
middle-income countries, biological risk factors, such as hyperglycaemia, are a major public …