Prevalence of Common Risk Factors of Adhesive Capsulitis in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of common risk factors among known cases of adhesive capsulitis in Abbottabad. Study was done on 253 patients selected through non-probability convenient sampling technique. Data was collected from Shaheena Jameel (Frontier) Hospital, Abbottabad, Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad and Physiotherapy Clinic of WIRS, Abbottabad and data was analyzed using SPSS version 27.0 and MS Excel 2010. This study showed that common risk factors of adhesive capsulitis were DM (29.2%), cardiac disease (14.2%), Stroke (12.4%), history of immobilization of shoulder joint (13%), upper limb neuropathies (8.3%), thyroid disorders (7.1%), COPD (6.3%), having two or more comorbidities or risk factors (4%) and idiopathicity (5.5%). This study showed that 56.5% patients got PT treatment and 43% patients did not seek PT treatment for frozen shoulder. This study concluded that systemic conditions, neurological diseases and immobilization were more prevalent risk factors of adhesive capsulitis in patients attending hospitals of Abbottabad. In small number of people, adhesive capsulitis was labeled idiopathic. Prevalence of usage of physiotherapy treatment was quite high among the patients of adhesive capsulitis.