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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST GR0xzvaA. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective-To investigate the association between the severity of hip pain and disability, and a number of measures of socioeconomic position, using a range of individual and ecological socioeconomic indicators. Design-Interviewer administered and self completed questionnaires on symptoms of pain and disability, general health and socioeconomic indicators, completed by people reporting hip pain in a cross sectional, postal, screening questionnaire. Setting-40 general practices from inner city, suburban and rural areas of south west England. Participants-954 study participants who had reported hip pain in a postal questionnaire survey of 26 046 people aged 35 and over, selected using an agesex stratified random probability sample. Data-Individual indicators of socioeconomic position : social class based on occupation, maximum educational attainment, car ownership, gross household income, manual or non-manual occupation and living alone. Area level measures of socioeconomic position : Townsend scores for material deprivation at enumeration district level ; urban or rural location based on the postcode of residence. Severity of hip disease, measured by the pain, disability and independence components of the New Zealand score for major joint replacement. Self reported comorbidity validated using general practice case notes and summary measures of general health. (...)
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