Quality of life in rural osteoarthritis patients
Objective: To study the quality of life by the patients with osteoarthritis among country inhabitants. Material and methods: Simultaneous epidemiological study among inhabitants the tan rural settlements of Nevijansk farmland in the Sverdlovsk region. At the results of questionnaire of 1790 in the farmland with joint pains and 666 in the farmland with joint swelling were found which amounted to 45% and 16,7% of examined population correspondingly. We desided 300 patients between the two groups. The 189 farmland had osteoarthritis. The quality of life state the value of SF-36. Results: The quality of life by the patients with osteoarthritis was worse than rural inhabitants. Men and women had differences of the quality of life. Conclusion: Osteoarthritis had a negative effect on the quality of life.