Частота суставного синдрома у жителей Красноярского края

Results of the first part of screening examination are performed within the bounds of the National Program Social-economic consequences of rheumatic diseases are presented. Revelation of people with joint swelling and joint pains by special questionnaires. 8056 residents were screened, mean age was 45,2 ±14,1 years. Women were prevalent 55, 8%. 4030 were city-dwellers, 4026 rural population. The arthralgia frequency 27,3%, joint swelling 9,9%. These symptoms disappeared with time in 8,1 % and 5,1 % respectively. In other people they became chronic. City-dwellers more often had joint complaints, depending on age and sex. Thus, results of screening demonstrated frequency of joint pathology in population of Krasnoyarsk Territory.