Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Osteoarthritis: quality of life, comorbidities, medication and health service utilization assessed in a large sample of primary care patients | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research BioMed Central Research article Osteoarthritis quality of life comorbidities medication and health service utilization assessed in a large sample of primary care patients Thomas Rosemann Gunter Laux and Joachim Szecsenyi Open Access Address Department of General Practice and Health Services Research University of Heidelberg VoKstrasse 2 69115 Heidelberg Germany Email Thomas Rosemann - Gunter Laux - Joachim Szecsenyi - Corresponding author Published 30 June 2007 Received 7 October 2006 Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2007 2 12 doi 1749-799X-2-12 Accepted 30 June 2007 This article is available from http content 2 1 12 2007 Rosemann et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Objective To assess the gender related impact of osteoarthritis OA on quality of life QoL and health service utilization HSU of primary care patients in Germany. Methods Cross sectional study with 1250 OA patients attending 75 primary care practices from March to May 2005. QoL was assessed using the GERMAN-AIMS2-SF. Data about comorbidities prescriptions health service utilization and physical activity were obtained by questioning patients or from the patients medical files. Depression was assessed by means of the Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 . Results 1021 questionnaires were returned. 347 34 patients were male. Impact of OA on QoL was different between gender women achieved significantly higher scores in the AIMS 2-SF dimensions lower body p symptom
