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Pain patterns in italian patients with osteoarthritis: preliminary results of the MI.D.A. Study (Misurazione del Dolore nell’Artrosi)
- Source :
- Reumatismo, Vol 56, Iss 4, Pp 253-261 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- PAGEPress Publications, 2011.
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Abstract
- Objectives. To evaluate the characteristics of pain in a cohort of Italian patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip and knee. Methods. The 657 general practitioners participating in the study were asked to enroll 10 consecutive patients with OA diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) clinical criteria. A questionnaire evaluating demographic data, clinical characteristics of OA, including the “Questionario Semantico Reumatologico” (QSR) pain questionnaire, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and the Lequesne indices, and information on previous diagnostic and therapeutic interventions was administered. Results. A total of 4,109 patients were enrolled. Of them, 2356 were affected by knee OA and 1817 by hip OA. There were 2863 (69.7%) women and 1246 (30.3%) men. Median age was 68.2 years (range 50-103 years). Of the 4109 enrolled subjects, 3128 (76.1%) reported one or more medical comorbidities, mostly cardiovascular (52.7%), endocrinological (14.7%), gastrointestinal (13.4%), and respiratory (11.2%) disorders. The median pain visual analogue scale (VAS) score was 58.1±22.6 mm, higher in women (60.2±22.3 mm) than in men ( 53.3±22.6mm) (p
- Subjects :
- Medicine
Internal medicine
RC31-1245
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Details
- Language :
- English, Italian
- ISSN :
- 00487449 and 22402683
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Reumatismo
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.96b9f3f03d97448aa80dbeba6efb5f0f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2004.253