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Michelle Urwin
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 5
Citations - 1605
Michelle Urwin is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Ethnic group. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 1483 citations.
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Estimating the burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the community: the comparative prevalence of symptoms at different anatomical sites, and the relation to social deprivation
Michelle Urwin,Deborah P M Symmons,Timothy Allison,T Brammah,Helen Busby,Morven Roxby,Alicia Simmons,Gareth Williams +7 more
TL;DR: Estimates of the overall burden of musculoskeletal pain that combine the results of site specific surveys will be too high, and those that do not adjust for socioeconomic factors will beToo low.
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Prevalence and predictors of intense, chronic, and disabling neck and back pain in the UK general population
TL;DR: In this paper, a multiphase cross-sectional survey of musculoskeletal pain was conducted to estimate the prevalence of all reported and clinically significant spinal pain and identify independent predictors of spinal pain.
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Musculoskeletal pain is more generalised among people from ethnic minorities than among white people in Greater Manchester
TL;DR: Although musculoskeletal symptoms were slightly more prevalent among people from ethnic minority groups than among the white population, pain in multiple sites was considerably more common among ethnic minorities.
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Opportunities for prevention of 'clinically significant' knee pain: results from a population-based cross sectional survey.
TL;DR: The high population impact of being overweight (BMI 25-29) or obese (B MI 30 or more) has implications for primary prevention and the estimates of previous healthcare usage, and of levels of met and unmet need, are useful for healthcare planning.
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Can findings from postal questionnaires be combined with interview results to improve the response rate among ethnic minority populations
TL;DR: It is possible to achieve a good response rate for an epidemiological study among ethnic minorities by using both postal questionnaires and interviews and care should be taken when results from these two methods are combined, since equivalence is uncertain.