The level of psychological stress among knee osteoarthritis patients attended at CRP

Abstract

Background: The focus of this study was to explore the level of Psychological stress and determine their association with socio-demographic among knee OA patients attended at CRP. Objectives: To identify the level of Psychological stress among knee OA patients attended at CRP. Method: The study design was cross-sectional. A total of 80 samples were selected conveniently for this study from the Musculoskeletal unit, Department of Physiotherapy, CRP, Savar. Data was collected by using a self structured questionnaire, and the DASS 21 Scale. Descriptive statistics using SPSS software version 22.0 were used for data analysis. Result: In this study, the mean age of the participants was (52.31±7.127) years. Females were about 72% (n = 58) and males were about 28% (n = 22). Among the participants, 9% had moderate depression, 25% had mild depression, and 2% had severe level of depression. Among the participants, 4% had severe anxiety, 39% had moderate anxiety, and 9% had extremely severe anxiety. Among the participants, 11% had mild stress, 3% had moderate stress, and 70% had less mild stress. The researcher found that Educational status, Occupation, Family income and Physiotherapy treatment outcome are less than 0.05 which means this are significant with depression. The researchers discovered a link between Educational status, Number of earning member, Family income are correlated with anxiety. And Gender, Educational status, Occupation, Family member, Earning member, Number of involvement of knee joint, Family income are correlated with stress. Conclusion: This study find out the level of Psychological stress among knee OA patients. Key words: Knee OA, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, DASS-21 Word count: 10000