Leistner K, Wessel G, Allander E
Scand J Rheumatol. 1986;15(2):206-18. doi: 10.3109/03009748609102090.
An inquiry based on statistical data concerning rheumatic diseases in seven European countries was performed. The data reported were based on the ICD (8th revision, 1965). The time of reference was the period 1968-78. The countries concerned (Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, the GDR, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom) reported data on the following 'measures of frequency': rates of hospital discharge; rates of spells of sickness and incapacity for work; incidences of disability pension due to rheumatic disorders. The main results are threefold: The social importance of rheumatic diseases has been increasing in several European countries in the late 1960s and 1970s, though the situation differs from one country to another. There is sufficient evidence to assume a true increase in the occurrence of clinical symptoms among persons afflicted with 'degenerative arthropathy', i.e. osteoarthrosis and vertebrogenic pain. The increasing social importance of 'degenerative arthropathy' ought to stimulate a process of rethinking of the traditionally established priorities in rheumatological research and practice.
基于七个欧洲国家有关风湿性疾病的统计数据展开了一项调查。所报告的数据基于国际疾病分类（第八版，1965年）。参考时间为1968年至1978年期间。相关国家（捷克斯洛伐克、芬兰、法国、民主德国、波兰、瑞典和英国）报告了以下“频率指标”的数据：出院率；疾病发作率和工作能力丧失率；因风湿性疾病导致的残疾抚恤金发生率。主要结果有三个方面：在20世纪60年代末和70年代，风湿性疾病在几个欧洲国家的社会重要性一直在增加，尽管各国情况有所不同。有充分证据表明，患“退行性关节病”（即骨关节炎和脊椎源性疼痛）的人群中临床症状的发生率确实有所上升。“退行性关节病”日益增加的社会重要性应促使人们重新思考风湿病研究和实践中传统确立的优先事项。
