Stiffness, pain, and joint counts in chronic chikungunya disease: relevance to disability and quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction/objectives

To characterize the importance of musculoskeletal stiffness in a cohort of chikungunya patients with chronic joint symptoms.

Method

Eighty-two patients were followed up 3 years after chikungunya infection. Tender and swollen joint counts, a pain intensity scale, Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI), and the EuroQol EQ-5D quality of life instrument were completed. A musculoskeletal stiffness questionnaire provided scores for overall stiffness and its components: stiffness severity, physical impact, and psychosocial impact.

Results

Patients had a mean age 51 ± 14 years. Sixty-seven patients were still experiencing chronic arthralgia. Musculoskeletal stiffness was reported by 43/67 patients with arthralgia and 3/15 patients wi

SUBMITTER: Watson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7945009 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature