TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life in adolescents with longstanding non-traumatic knee pain
T2 - An analysis of 316 adolescents with Patellofemoral Pain and Osgood-Schlatter Disease
AU - Djurtoft, Chris
AU - Yona, Tomer
AU - Roos, Ewa Maria
AU - Thorborg, Kristian
AU - Hölmich, Per
AU - Rasmussen, Sten
AU - Olesen, Jens Lykkegaard
AU - Rathleff, Michael Skovdal
N1 - Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To describe the Quality of Life (QoL) among adolescents with Patellofemoral Pain (PFP) and Osgood-Schlatter Disease (OSD) and investigate characteristics associated with QoL.STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional.PARTICIPANTS: 316 adolescents with PFP or OSD.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: QoL subscale of The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and the EuroQol 5-dimensions (EQ-5D).RESULTS: The KOOS-QoL was 51 ± 18, and the total index score for the EQ5D was 0.67 ± 0.21. KOOS-QoL subscale showed that 60% reported being aware of their knee problems daily or constantly, 38% reported severe to extreme lack of confidence in their knees, 28% reported severe to extreme difficulty with their knees, and 20% reported severely or totally modifying their lifestyle to avoid potentially damaging activities to their knee. EQ-5D showed that 79% experienced problems with everyday activities, 48% reported mobility problems, 17% felt worried, sad, or unhappy, and 7% reported problems looking after themselves.CONCLUSIONS: Many adolescents with longstanding non-traumatic knee pain experience low QoL. More than half were aware of their knee problems at least daily, one in three reported a severe lack of confidence in their knee, and one in six felt worried, sad, or unhappy.
AB - OBJECTIVES: To describe the Quality of Life (QoL) among adolescents with Patellofemoral Pain (PFP) and Osgood-Schlatter Disease (OSD) and investigate characteristics associated with QoL.STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional.PARTICIPANTS: 316 adolescents with PFP or OSD.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: QoL subscale of The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and the EuroQol 5-dimensions (EQ-5D).RESULTS: The KOOS-QoL was 51 ± 18, and the total index score for the EQ5D was 0.67 ± 0.21. KOOS-QoL subscale showed that 60% reported being aware of their knee problems daily or constantly, 38% reported severe to extreme lack of confidence in their knees, 28% reported severe to extreme difficulty with their knees, and 20% reported severely or totally modifying their lifestyle to avoid potentially damaging activities to their knee. EQ-5D showed that 79% experienced problems with everyday activities, 48% reported mobility problems, 17% felt worried, sad, or unhappy, and 7% reported problems looking after themselves.CONCLUSIONS: Many adolescents with longstanding non-traumatic knee pain experience low QoL. More than half were aware of their knee problems at least daily, one in three reported a severe lack of confidence in their knee, and one in six felt worried, sad, or unhappy.
KW - Non-traumatic knee pain
KW - Osgood-Schlatter Disease
KW - Patellofemoral Pain
KW - Quality of life
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.04.001
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37062163
SN - 1466-853X
VL - 61
SP - 156
EP - 164
JO - Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
JF - Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
ER -