TY - JOUR AU - Ikram, Muhammad AU - Ijaz, Sadia AU - Memon, Munawer Latif AU - Balouch, Varda AU - Rao, Sajid Ejaz PY - 2020/12/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - PAIN RELIEF WITH PREVENTIVE MEASURES AMONG KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN FOLLOWERS VERSUS NON FOLLOWERS JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 70 IS - 6 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v70i6.4047 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/4047 SP - 1834-38 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To compare mean pain scores among knee osteoarthritis patients following or not following<br>preventive measures.</p><p><strong>Study Design: </strong>Comparative prospective study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> The study was conducted at the department of orthopedics, Pakistan Ordinance<br>Factory (POF) Hospital, Wah Cantt, from Jun 2018 to May 2019.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> Patients were divided into two groups (using random number table); group A was given pain<br>relief medications only while group B was given a combination of pain relief medication and preventive measure. Patients were followed for 3 and 6 months after the intervention. Data was analyzed with SPSS software.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Total 52 knee osteoarthritis patients were included in study (26 patients in each group). Mean age of<br>patients was 54.3 ± 6.4 year. Significantly lower pain scores were found in group B as compared to group A after<br>3 (5.50 ± 0.98 vs 4.84 ± 1.00 respectively, p=0.02) and 6 months (3.53 ± 0.50 vs 4.96 ± 1.11 respectively, p&lt;0.01) of<br>intervention. Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome scores were significantly lower in group B as compared to<br>group A (p&lt;0.05) after 6 months.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Pain is most common knee osteoarthritis symptom. Combination of pain relief medicines and<br>preventive measures in daily life are more effective in controlling pain intensity as compared to pain relief<br>medications only. Early diagnosis and management can improve disease prognosis.</p> ER -