背景:骨关节炎(OA)是一种关节退行性疾病,如果不治疗,会导致关节永久性残疾。肥胖在OA发病中起重要作用。由于OA没有治愈性治疗,一些研究集中在非药物干预OA。三合会的教育,锻炼,减肥作为OA的一线非药物治疗方法越来越受欢迎。本文测量了OA患者的数量,不论年龄和性别,他们接受过医生的减肥咨询,它还研究了患者接受咨询后减肥的意愿。
方法:一项横断面研究于2020年6月10日至2020年7月10日进行。纳入已诊断的OA病例,并征得其同意。使用了自我管理的问卷,其中包括询问他们是否曾经接受过减肥咨询以及他们是否会在医生的建议下尝试减肥的问题。使用谷歌表格从参与者那里收集数据,并使用SPSS-22进行分析。
结果:在我们研究的199名OA患者中,只有28例(14%)参与者接受了医生的减重和运动咨询.在199名参与者中的175名(87.9%)中观察到积极的反应,他们报告说,如果他们得到适当的建议,他们将锻炼和实践健康的生活方式来减肥。
结论:我们的研究结果表明,接受治疗医生关于体重减轻建议的OA患者总数较少。然而,如果医生适当建议,大多数患者愿意运动和控制体重。
BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease of joints which if untreated can lead to a permanent disability of joints. Obesity plays an important role in the morbidity of OA. Since there is no curative treatment for OA, several researches focusing on nonpharmacological intervention for OA have come forth. Triad of education, exercise, and weight loss has been gaining popularity as a first-line nonpharmacological treatment for OA. This article measures the number of OA patients, irrespective of age and gender, who have received weight-loss counseling from their physicians and it also studies patients\' willingness to lose weight after being counseled.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 10th June 2020 to 10th July 2020. Diagnosed cases of OA were included and their consent was taken. A self-administered questionnaire was used which included questions asking if they have ever received weight-loss counseling and if they will try to lose weight on being advised by their physician. Data were collected from the participants using google forms and analyzed using SPSS-22.
RESULTS: Out of 199 OA patients included in our study, only 28 (14%) participants received weight loss and exercise counseling from their physicians. A positive response was observed in 175 (87.9%) participants out of 199 who reported that they would exercise and practice a healthy lifestyle to lose weight if they were advised properly.
CONCLUSIONS: Results of our study showed that the total number of OA patients receiving advice from their treating physician regarding weight loss is less. However, the majority of the patients were willing to exercise and control their weight if advised properly by their physician.