Anxiety,depression and psychological distress in patients with osteo-arthritis

Objectives: to explore depression and anxiety among patients with osteoarthritis and to find out the gender differences in these patients. methodology: the data was collected from private clinics and orthopedic ward of khyber teaching hospital,peshawar using convenient sampling technique in 2014. the sample comprised of 200 subjects. among these (n=100) were suffering from osteoarthritis,while contro group (n=100) was also taken from patients visited to opd with complaints of bodyaches. men and women equally participated in the study. results: in the the present research age range of the sample was 30-60 years (mean 47.05,±8.906). osteoarthritis sufferers were more anxious and depressed as compared to control group (p value 0.000). gender differences for study variables were also significant (p value 0.000). conclusions: depression,anxiety and psychological distress were high in osteoarthritis patients as compared to control group. women had more anxiety and depression as compared to men. © 2017,postgraduate medical institute. all rights reserved.