Magnitude and factors associated with musculoskeletal disorder among patients with diabetes attending chronic care at Arba Minch General Hospital, Arba Minch, southern Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among patients with diabetes in southern Ethiopia.

Design

Facility-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

Data collected from 1 March 2021 to 30 August 2021 at Arba Minch General Hospital.

Participants

Three hundred and sixty-five patients with diabetes attending care at Arba Minch General Hospital.

Main outcome measures

The magnitude and determinants of the MSDs.

Results

The prevalence of MSDs among patients with diabetes was 23.29% (95% CI 19.00 to 27.76). The likelihood of developing MSDs was 6.8 times higher among women than men (AOR=6.787, 95% CI 2.08 to 22.19). Rural participants were about 2.4 times (AOR=2.38, 95% CI 1.06 to 5.33) more lik

SUBMITTER: Abebe G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644307 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature