Assessment of level of anxiety among the patients of knee osteoarthritis visiting the different Hospitals across Sindh and Balochistan

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Objective: To evaluate the level of anxiety among patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.Methodology: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in multiple hospitals in the Sindh and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan from June to October 2020.A self-developed questionnaire was distributed amongst 292 patients, who were already diagnosed with Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA).The questions mainly consisted of demographic and disease-related questions.The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 was used to interpret the data acquired from the questionnaires.Result: The majority of the respondents (n=160, 54.8%) were males; (n=234, 80.1%) aged between 61 to 63 years.A substantial number of respondents (n=115, 39.4%) possessed a graduate degree in educational status, followed by 23.3% (n=68) who completed their higher secondary education.and (n=25, 73.6%) were permanent residents of an urban area.After examining the level of anxiety, we found that majority of the participants (n=118, 40.4%) were mildly anxious due to the disease. Conclusion:The study determined that the patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis were understood to have mild anxiety because of the disease.To further elaborate on this, patients become slightly physically disable in the later stages of this disease which leads to anxiety and depression.

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