Clinical-epidemiological profile of patients with osteoarthritis in a municipality in northeast Brazil

Abstract

Objective: To outline the clinical-epidemiological profile of patients with osteoarthritis in a municipality in northeastern Brazil. Methods:This is a study with a descriptive and quantitative approach, using medical records from the rheumatology and orthopedics outpatient clinic of a public hospital in 2022.The sample for this study comprises approximately 60 patient records. The variables analyzed in the work will be the following: sex, age, weight, location of osteoarthritis and associated diseases. The data obtained were analyzed by descriptive statistics with the aid of Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics software. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: The sample had a mean age of 56.05 ± 1.86 years, and was mostly female (78.3%), with a mean BMI of 25.49 kg/m², was overweight, and the most affected joint was the knee (53.6%). Regarding race, brown skin color was predominant (63.3%) and comorbidities were present in (55%) of patients, the most frequent being hypertension (45%). Conclusion: it was concluded that in the population studied, osteoarthritis occurred mainly in female individuals, brown skin color, and aged between 40 and 50 years, who were overweight or obese, with the knee being the most affected joint and hypertension being the most frequent comorbidity.