Treatment Utilisation and Satisfaction With Management in Individuals With Osteoarthritis and Metabolic Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Country Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare treatment utilisation for osteoarthritis (OA) and satisfaction with OA management between individuals with and without comorbid metabolic conditions (e.g., diabetes, obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension).

Methods

Secondary analysis of a cross-sectional international survey study (Italy, Russia, Sweden) on people ≥ 40 years old with knee/hip OA. Metabolic comorbidity was self-reported. We used direct standardisation with prevalence ratios and mixed-effect models to estimate the associations between comorbidity with treatment utilisation and satisfaction (score 0-100).

Results

We analysed 401 individuals (48% Sweden, 28% Italy, 24% Russia; 53% with ≥ 1 metabolic condition). Those with and without comorbid metabolic conditions showed similar prevalence

SUBMITTER: Recenti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11757013 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature