Hamdan Elham, Bouzubar Fawzi F, Landry Michel D
Elham Hamdan, MD, CMA, Medical Director Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute (FSRI), Salmiya, Kuwait.
World Health Popul. 2013;14(4):5-11. doi: 10.12927/whp.2013.23493.
The World Health Organization proclaimed the period between 2000 and 2010 as the Bone and Joint Decade (BJD). The BJD initiative set out to raise awareness regarding increasing incidence of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. The objective of this study was to assess the degree to which the BJD goals were met in Kuwait.
A gap analysis methodology was used to identify differences between the ideal state, defined as achieving the BJD goals, and the current state, defined as the extent to which BJD goals were achieved.
Our gap analysis indicated that the majority of the BJD targets were not met in Kuwait; however, given the rising assumed incidence and prevalence of MSK disorders in Kuwait, it is critical to outline mechanisms for moving forward.
The BJD goals are reachable in Kuwait. Attaining them requires a strong and sustainable commitment at many levels of government, provider organizations and the research community.
世界卫生组织宣布2000年至2010年为骨与关节十年（BJD）。BJD倡议旨在提高人们对肌肉骨骼（MSK）疾病发病率上升的认识。本研究的目的是评估科威特在多大程度上实现了BJD目标。
采用差距分析方法来确定理想状态（定义为实现BJD目标）与当前状态（定义为BJD目标的实现程度）之间的差异。
我们的差距分析表明，科威特未实现大多数BJD目标；然而，鉴于科威特MSK疾病的假定发病率和患病率不断上升，概述前进机制至关重要。
科威特能够实现BJD目标。要实现这些目标，需要政府、医疗机构和研究界等多个层面坚定且可持续的承诺。
