Publications

Study Type:
Quantitative Study

Sample Size:
2,500

The Research party:
1. Department of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Department of Community Medicine, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait 2. Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Ministry of Health, Al-Safat, Kuwait

Main Idea or Research Questions:
The WHO-ILAR Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) primarily aims to estimate the burden of musculoskeletal symptoms/disorders. This study investigated data on musculoskeletal pain, disability and health-seeking behavior in the first community-based COPCORD study in Kuwait.