Yang Wei-Lin, Jiang Wen-Cai, Peng Yan-Hua, Zhang Xian-Jie, Zhou Rui
Department of Anesthesiology, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang 618000, Sichuan Province, China.
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China.
World J Orthop. 2024 Dec 18;15(12):1200-1207. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i12.1200.
Low back pain has become a global problem. Since many traditional Chinese therapies are helpful for low back pain, the current status of low back pain in China may provide some insights to this issue.
To demonstrate the disease burden of low back pain in China and the response of Chinese scholars to this issue.
The burden of low back pain in China was estimated using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 released by the American Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The incidence, prevalence and disability-adjusted life years were analyzed. We also performed a bibliometric analysis to analyzed the publication trend, changes of cooperation models and research topics on low back pain.
Prevalence of low back pain increased from 69.61 million in 1990 to 102.96 million in 2021. New cases increased by a stunning 44.50 million in 2021. Low back pain led to an increase of 4.16 per 1000000 population in terms of disability-adjusted life years from 1990 to 2021. But the increase in China was slower than that of world average. As a response, publications of low back pain published by Chinese scholars were stably raised. From 1990 to 2023, domestic cooperation significantly increased, while international cooperation and no cooperation decreased. However, domestic cooperation decreased between 2021 and 2023. The number of studies on prevention and treatment of low back pain reduced from 1990 to 2023, while the mechanism, etiology and other aspects of low back pain augmented.
The burden of low back pain in China is heavy. Together with the government, Chinese institutions of medical science should do more in declining the impacts of low back pain.
腰痛已成为一个全球性问题。由于许多传统中医疗法对腰痛有帮助，中国腰痛的现状可能为这个问题提供一些见解。
展示中国腰痛的疾病负担以及中国学者对该问题的应对情况。
利用美国健康指标与评估研究所发布的《2021年全球疾病负担研究》估算中国腰痛的负担。分析发病率、患病率和伤残调整生命年。我们还进行了文献计量分析，以分析腰痛相关研究的发表趋势、合作模式变化和研究主题。
腰痛的患病率从1990年的6961万增加到2021年的1.0296亿。2021年新发病例惊人地增加了4450万。从1990年到2021年，腰痛导致每百万人口的伤残调整生命年增加了4.16。但中国的增长速度低于世界平均水平。作为回应，中国学者发表的腰痛相关论文稳步增加。从1990年到2023年，国内合作显著增加，而国际合作和无合作情况减少。然而，2021年至2023年期间国内合作减少。从1990年到2023年，腰痛防治研究数量减少，而腰痛的机制、病因等方面的研究增多。
中国腰痛负担沉重。中国医学机构应与政府一道，在减轻腰痛影响方面做出更多努力。
