Epidemiology of Joint Pain Reported In a Tertiary Hospital in Tamil Nadu
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Patients routinely seek medical attention for joint pain, and it is one of the leading causes of disability. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of difference sites of joint pain reported by patients attending a tertiary care hospital. A cross sectional study was carried out among 10004 patients who have attended the orthopedic outpatients department in a government tertiary care hospital in Tamil Nadu. The mean age of the patients attended the orthopedic outpatient department 53.20 years, for males it was 56.06 years and for females it was 48.94 years. The most common joint affected among male patients was knee joint (51.05%), followed by low back pain (16.28%), shoulder pain (7.26%), elbow pain (6.30%) and neck pain (6.29%). In case of female patients the most common joint affected was knee joint (26.18%), followed by low back pain (17.18%), shoulder pain (16.93%) and ankle pain (10.15%). There is a need to develop an appropriate strategy for early identification and treatment of these cases at primary care levels and also to educate on the risk of joint diseases to prevent them.
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Manoharan A.
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