FACTORS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOINT LEADING TO JOINT PAIN IN PATIENTS OF OSTEOARTHRITIS VISITING HAYATABAD MEDICAL COMPLEX.
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Types of joint, obesity, BMI, leading factors to joint pain, types of treatments, stress.
Abstract
Objective: To identify frequency and factors of different types of joint leading to joint pain in patients of osteoarthritis visiting hayat abad medical complex.
Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional study
Place and duration of study: 6 months duration
Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study with 320 sample size and ages 18 to 60 years while the Sampling method was a non probability convenience sample. Semi-structured questionnaire was designed by the researcher to collect data .Data was collected from 1st October 2021 to 1st March 2022. Questions regarding the involvement of major and minor joints like the knee joint, elbow,neck,wrist ankle,hip and small joints of the hand and foot and factors associated with the pain and inflammation in the joint were asked . Other variables were age, gender, occupation, type of joint, stress, treatment options and previous trauma to the joint. A 10% sample was used for Pre-testing to check the questionnaire’s feasibility and sequence of questions. The sample was analysed by SPSS version 22.
Results: The sample size was 320 out of which 65%were females while 35% were males.In majority of cases knee joints were associated with pain 34.38%, wrist joint 15%, hip joint 13.43% and neck 8.75% due to poor posture 15%,back joints 13.13%, labour working in construction and industries were10% and twisted posture was 13.37%. Factors leading to joint pain were obesity among 20% of patients and overweight 32.18% ,stress found in 16.88%while moderate stress was in 35% of individuals. Patients taking conservative treatment in which regular exercise was found among 27.18%, weight loss in 16.88%, treatment with NSAIDs in 15%, antibiotics 33.43% and steroids were taken by 7.5% of patients. Road traffic accidents were 12.8% history of fall were 11.87% while fracture was found in 7.5% of patients.
CONCLUSION: The study concluded that the knee joint, hip joint, wrist joint and back and neck joints were the most affected joints. Obesity, low education, poor posture and stress were the contributing factors leading to joint pain.
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Muhammad Ismail
MBBS ,Kabir medical college ,Gandhara university Peshawar,Pakistan.
Mushfiq Ahmad
MBBS Student, Kabir medical college , Gandhara university Peshawar,Pakistan.
Waqas Ahmad
MBBS Student ,Frontier medical college Abbotabad ,Bahria university Islamabad ,Pakistan.
Kiran Shehzadi
DPT Student ,Rehman college of rehabilitation centre Peshawar, Pakistan.
Sumera Riaz
MBBSMPH (AUS),CMT(UHS),MHPE,Associate Professor in community medicine ,University Medical & Dental College ,Pakistan.
Hajra Johar
Doctor of physiotheraphy at Army Military Centre for Special Children , Nowshera ,KPK Pakistan.