Medication and supplement use for managing joint symptoms among patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose was to determine the professionally-guided and self-guided medication and supplement use for joint symptom management among patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis (OA) in an urban hospital-based outpatient orthopedic practice.

Methods

The study design was cross-sectional. Patients diagnosed by radiographs and clinical symptoms with knee and/or hip OA were recruited from an inner-city hospital-based outpatient orthopaedic office. A total of 184 patients were queried for their participation. Four investigator-generated, interview-based questionnaires were used. Sampling error was ±7.84%. Logistic regression models and Fisher Exact Tests were performed to determine factors that may be associated with negative behaviors related to medication or suppl

SUBMITTER: Driban JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3337291 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature