Weight control in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) affects mostly older adults and its primary risk factor is obesity. This study sought to understand weight-control strategies, facilitators of and barriers toward weight control in older adults with knee OA who preferred not to undergo physician-recommended total knee arthroplasty.

Methods

For this qualitative descriptive study, older outpatients (N = 118) were recruited from orthopedic clinics at three hospitals. Data were collected through face-to face, individual in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide and analyzed using content analysis.

Results

Among participants, only 25.4% had body weight in the normal range and 55.9% reported having controlled their weight. Their most common weight-control strategies were

SUBMITTER: Yeh WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7398081 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature