Course of pain and fluctuations in pain related to suspected early hip osteoarthritis: the CHECK study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the prevalence during a 10-year follow-up of clinically relevant fluctuations in pain and the course of hip pain in participants with hip complaints suspected to be early stage hip osteoarthritis (OA). To distinguish between participants with relevant fluctuations in pain and those without based on baseline characteristics.

Methods

Data were collected at baseline and after 2, 5, 8, and 10 years on 495 participants from the Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee Study (CHECK) with hip pain at baseline. Baseline demographic, anamnestic, and physical-examination characteristics were assessed. The primary outcome was levels of pain in the past week (scored using 0-10 Numeric Rating Scale) at follow-up assessments. Relevant fluctuation was defined as average absolute r

SUBMITTER: van Berkel AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9680658 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature