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Health-related quality of life among patients with osteoarthritis: A review of literature | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Pharmacy | ||
| Article 12, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 112-124 PDF (346.31 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2022.174806 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Zahraa S. Thabit1; Harith K. Al-Qazaz* 2 | ||
| 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq. | ||
| 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background and objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a more common disease that effects the joints in the world and it is more prevalent with increasing age, and is most common in old people. Quality of life (QoL) is defined as a set of values and culture that is aligned with an individual's aim and in accordance with their expectations, living standards, and hobbies. This work aimed to review the literature measured on QoL and the relationship of its variables with osteoarthritis. Method: These articles are introduce depending on random electronic research that take place in certain databases like MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane. Only published works for the last twelve years between 2010 and 2022 years were included. Result: Only 20 published works were included after abstract screening. The OA is one of the chronic diseases that affect QoL in term of disability, loss of physical activity, impair daily activity, and loss of social life. The WHOQOL and WHOQOL-BRIF are more appropriate to detect the QoL. The body mass index is one of the importance indices related to the patients with osteoarthritis. Conclusion: OA is affecting the QoL and common in elderly female. They are many scales for detect the QoL, they are either related to the global QoL as in WHOQOL and WHOQOL-BRIF or to the health QoL. The global scales are more significant and valid in dealing with QoL in chronic disease. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| osteoarthritis and quality of life; assess the quality of life in osteoarthritis patients | ||
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