The phrase "a prevalence of disabling" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe a common occurrence of disabilities or disabling conditions, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The study revealed a prevalence of disabling conditions among the elderly population."
Alternatives: "a common occurrence of disabilities" or "a high rate of disabling conditions."
Applying this definition to a sample of 1,342 people aged over 50 years who reported foot pain in the last 12 months resulted in a prevalence of disabling foot pain of 74%, compared to 98% using the original definition.
These findings are also similar to Roddy et al [ 10], who found a prevalence of disabling foot pain of 74% when only the functional limitation items were considered, confirming the assertion that the inclusion of pain intensity and appearance constructs in a definition of disabling foot pain (as with Definitions A and B) may result in over-reporting [ 10].
The population prevalence of disabling symptomatic radiographic foot OA in adults aged 50 years and over was 12.6% (95% CI 11.5%too 13.7%).
While the lifetime prevalence of low back pain is reported to be up to 84%, little scientific evidence is available for the prevalence of disabling chronic low back pain [ 4, 7].
Without policies and programes to tackle socio-economic disadvantage, the prevalence of disabling chronic conditions in childhood may increase, resulting in further demands on health, education and social services and putting the World Health Organisation's aim of achieving health equity within a generation beyond the reach of many countries [ 39].
[ 1, 3, 7, 13- 16] The higher prevalence of disability, another key measure of population health, among women as compared with men is also fairly well established, [ 3, 9, 17- 19] and is at least in part accounted for by the higher prevalence of disabling chronic conditions, such as arthritis, among women.
This said, the estimate is well above expectation informed by studies in Europe [7], suggesting a higher prevalence of disabling headache in Turkey than the European average [2].
Spondyloarthropathies (SpA) are disabling diseases with a prevalence of 1.9% in the general population.
With improving rates of survival following road traffic injuries in many countries, healthy years of life lost due to crashes increasingly reflect the prevalence of disabling sequelae.
Migraine has a prevalence of about 11% in the general population and is the seventh most disabling disease worldwide [1,2].
The unique contribution of this study is to provide for the first time an estimate for the prevalence of severely disabling chronic pain in young adults.
