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Table 2 GBD 2020 sequelae, health state lay descriptions, and disability weights

From: The burden of the most common rheumatic disease in Colombia

Diseases

Sequelae

Health state lay description

Disability weight

Low back pain

Mild without leg pain

The person has mild back pain, which causes some difficulty dressing, standing, and lifting things

0.02

(0.011–0.035)

Moderate without leg pain

The person has moderate back pain, which causes difficulty dressing, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting things

0.054

(0.035–0.079)

Severe without leg pain

The person has severe back pain, which causes difficulty dressing, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting things. The person sleeps poorly and feels worried

0.272

(0.182–0.373)

Most severe without leg pain

The person has constant back pain, which causes difficulty dressing, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting things. The person sleeps poorly, is worried, and has lost some enjoyment in life

0.372

(0.25–0.506)

Mild with leg pain

The person has mild back pain, which causes some difficulty dressing, standing, and lifting things

0.02

(0.011–0.035)

Moderate with leg pain

The person has moderate back pain, which causes difficulty dressing, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting things

0,054

(0.035–0.079)

Severe with leg pain

The person has severe back and leg pain, which causes difficulty dressing, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting things. The person sleeps poorly and feels worried

0.325

(0.219–0.446)

Most severe with leg pain

has constant back and leg pain, which causes difficulty The person dressing, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting things. The person sleeps poorly, is worried, and has lost some enjoyment in life

0.384

(0.256–0.518)

Osteoarthritis of the knee and hip

Mild

The person has pain in the leg, which causes some difficulty running, walking long distances, and getting up and down

0.023

(0.013–0.037)

Moderate

The person has moderate pain in the leg, which makes the person limp, and causes some difficulty walking, standing, lifting and carrying heavy things, getting up and down and sleeping

0.079

(0.054–0.11)

Severe

The person has severe pain in the leg, which makes the person limp and causes a lot of difficulty walking, standing, lifting and carrying heavy things, getting up and down, and sleeping

0.165

(0.112–0.232)

Rheumatoid arthritis

Mild

The person has moderate pain and stiffness in the arms and hands, which causes difficulty lifting, carrying, and holding things, and trouble sleeping because of the pain

0.117

(0.08–0.163)

Moderate

The person has pain and deformity in most joints, causing difficulty moving around, getting up and down, and using the hands for lifting and carrying. The person often feels fatigue

0.317

(0.216–0.44)

Severe

The person has severe, constant pain and deformity in most joints, causing difficulty moving around, getting up and down, eating, dressing, lifting, carrying and using the hands. The person often feels sadness, anxiety and extreme fatigue

0.581

(0.403–0.739)

  1. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet (London, England). 2020;396(10258):1204–22. [5]