Does Pain Medication Use Influence the Outcome of 8 Weeks of Education and Exercise Therapy in Patients with Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis? An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with osteoarthritis are mainly managed in primary care settings and many patients use pain medication as symptomatic treatment. We investigated in OA-patients receiving an education and exercise program, the use and type of pain medication and its impact on outcomes at 3 months follow-up.

Design, setting and subjects

The design was a retrospective cohort study using prospectively collected data from the GLA: D® registry. The study included 15,918 primary care patients.

Results

Among the included patients, 62% were pain medication users and 38% were non-users. Among the pain medications users, 35% were classified as paracetamol users, 54% as NSAID users, and 11% as opioid users. Medication users and non-users differed regarding a higher pain intensit

SUBMITTER: Koes BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9340625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature