Assessment of quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis

OBJECTIVE: : To assess the quality of life of knee osteoarthritis patients using the SF-36 questionnaire METHODS: : Cross-sec-tional study with 93 knee osteoarthritis patients. The sample was categorized according to Ahlbӓck score. All individuals were interviewed with the SF-36 questionnaire RESULT...

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Autores principales: Kawano, Marcio Massao, Araújo, Ivan Luis Andrade, Castro, Martha Cavalcante, Matos, Marcos Almeida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4775507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27057143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220152306150596
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: : To assess the quality of life of knee osteoarthritis patients using the SF-36 questionnaire METHODS: : Cross-sec-tional study with 93 knee osteoarthritis patients. The sample was categorized according to Ahlbӓck score. All individuals were interviewed with the SF-36 questionnaire RESULTS: : The main finding of the study is related to the association of edu-cation level with the functional capacity, functional limitation and pain. Patients with higher education level had better functional capacity when they were compared to patients with basic level of education CONCLUSION: : Individuals with osteoarthritis have a low perception of their quality of life in functional capacity, functional limitation and pain. There is a strong association between low level of education and low perception of quality of life. Level of Evidence IV, Clinical Case Series.

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