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Abstract
Hip osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder among adult
age individuals. It is painful and disabling diseases which are characterized by
pain, stiffness, loss of joint function, difficulty moving and loss of muscle strength.
Increasing the negative effects on hip joint leads to deterioration of the physical
function and quality of life in individuals. Aim of study: Was to assess physical
functional status among patients with hip osteoarthritis. Design: Descriptive study
design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Subjects: 100 Adult male and
female conscious patients diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis not on rehabilitation
program were recruited in this study. Setting: Study was carried out in both
orthopedic outpatient clinic, and inpatients ward at Fayoum university hospitals in
Fayoum governorate. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection; (1) structured
interview questionnaire including demographic and medical data as age, gender,
occupation, marital status, current complain, onset and duration of illness,
and,...etc. (2) WOMAC index questionnaire including pain, stiffness and physical
function. Results: Almost half of patients were mainly male, married (56% and 95
%) respectively with mean age of 50.67±11.14 years. Also, (82%) of study subjects
had gradual disease onset with disease duration, more than 1 year with no past
history of disease. There was statistical significant correlation between total pain
score, stiffness score and total physical function score with (r= 0.416 and 0.364)
respectively. Conclusion: It can be concluded that results of the current study
showed that high scores of difficulties in different day to day physical function
activities affect on the patient life and work performance. Recommendation: The
study was realizing that nurses need to increase their awareness and through
teaching measures related to risk factors, exercises, diet and treatment that required
to enhance patients physical function and should be a part of provided care of
patients with hip osteoarthritis to minimizing the effects of osteoarthritis on
physical function, and should be a part of the team provided care for patients with
hip osteoarthritis.
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