Epidemiology of musculoskeletal symptoms, rheumatologic disorders, and disability in the Zoroastrian population in Yazd, Iran: a WHO-ILAR COPCORD study (stage 1).
Ali DehghanHossein Soleimani SalehabadiAhmadreza JamshidiZohre KamaliMojgan MaliSeyedeh Tahereh FaeziAzarakhsh BaghdadiSogol AlesaeidiFatemeh SahraeiNiloufar AziziSanaz ZandSara Sadat YasiniMaryam NamaziAtefe DayaRyan NazemianFarimah ShamsiMohammad NejadhosseinianFereydoun DavatchiPublished in: BMC rheumatology (2021)
The epidemiology of musculoskeletal complaints and rheumatologic disorders was inconsistent with previous COPCORD studies in Iran, with a lower prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints in general, lower rates of Behçet and lupus, and a higher prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis. The findings of this study can be for development of better prevention, screening, and treatment programs for the vulnerable population of Zoroastrians in Iran.