Aim: To estimate the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in Lebanon and to explore their
distribution by geographic location, age, and gender. Method: Using the Community Oriented …

Objectives To identify risk factors for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis ( OA ) and explain the
geographical disparities in its occurrence. Methods A population‐based case control study …

Aim To investigate the epidemiology of fibromyalgia ( FM ) and assess its risk factors.
Methods Using data from the 2009 Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic …

This paper examines the association between being in paid work and depression among
older adults in three poor urban communities in Beirut, Lebanon. In view of the rapid ageing of …

Objectives: Musculoskeletal conditions have only recently been acknowledged and research
on their burden is scarce in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. For the first …

Objective. Our objective was to calculate rheumatoid arthritis (RA) point prevalence estimates
in the CARTaGENE cohort, as well as to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of our …

Aim The aims of this study were to: (a) measure the proportion of CARTaGENE rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) patients fulfilling pre‐specified quality indicators (ie disease‐modifying …

Aim: In view of the increasing burden of musculoskeletal‐related disability, the growing
number of older persons and the scarcity of research on musculoskeletal conditions in the …

Objective: Antibodies against anti-cyclic citrullinated proteins (ACPA) have been suggested
as a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A systematic review of the literature was …

Study# 1: A Bayesian approach was implemented to estimate rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
prevalence, adjusted for misclassification, using three data sources (self-reported RA diagnoses, …