[Epidemiology of XXXX - an investigation in 5 medical practices].

@entity1 @entity1118 @entity158
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The aim of this study was to get more information about the prevalence of @entity1118 in different practices of home physicians. 900 @entity1 of five different specialists (general medicine, internal medicine, neurology, orthopaedics, surgery) in the german town Bochum were investigated with a questionnaire about @entity1118 . @entity1118 was defined as a continuous or intermittend @entity158 of longer duration than six months. RESULTS: 36% (328 @entity1 ) of all investigated @entity1 had @entity1118 due to this definition, twice more @entity1 than @entity1 . The four most frequent localisations of @entity1118 were the back, the head, the joints and the legs. 15% of the @entity1 with @entity1118 were retired or going to retire due to their @entity1118 . Orthopaedics were the most frequent physicians visited in the past. Only 5% of the @entity1 had a psychological therapy and only 1% were treated in a @entity158 clinic. The primary treatment strategies of the @entity1118 were physiotherapy and drug therapy. 30% of the @entity1 did not have any @entity158 relieve by the past treatment strategies. CONCLUSION: @entity1 with @entity1118 are a frequent and important problem in practices of home physicians. The high frequency of @entity1 with @entity1118 in practices of specialists demonstrates the necessity of a special qualification also on this level of our medical system.
