Survey on Prevalence, Risk Factors and Treatment Pattern of Osteoarthritis in Bangladesh: Retrospective Study

Abstract

Objectives: To explore the risk factor, prevalence and treatment pattern for patient with osteoarthritis, to survey the socio-demographic information of the patient, to compare the number of affected gender, to know their pain mode, to know the percentage treatment pattern and to identify the outcome of the treatment. Methodology: The study design was a non-experimental retrospective survey. Total number of sample was 200 osteoarthritis patient’s documents. Results: Result shows that 30-64 years age group were most affected and female were mostly affected by osteoarthritis. Among them the rate of housewife was 39%. They are more vulnerable. Effectiveness of treatment and complementary and alternative therapy was good. Percentage of improvement or satisfied with the treatment was approximately 49%. In total achievement, approximately 17% aims of treatment are not satisfied due to some causes and 34% have no improvement since many of them are new patient. Conclusion: Osteoarthritis is a common physiotherapy related problem. Because it is not a curable disease but regular physical exercise, treatment can reduce the symptoms.