Functional and higher level difficulties in knee osteoarthritis patients in Saudi Arabian populace

Background: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the functional and high-level difficulties using disease-specific Arabic version of the self-reported questionnaire, knee injury, and osteoarthritis outcome score-physical function short form (KOOS-PS) in primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Methods: A cross-sectional studied involving the use of KOOS-PS which was administered on 149 primary OA knee patients at the time of the first consultation before the start of the medication and physiotherapy to prevent biased outcomes and were assigned to four groups based on age ranging from 43 to 79 years. Average time to administer this Arabic translated questionnaire was 10 min. Results: The mean and standard deviation from KOOS-PS-activities of daily living (KOOS-PS-ADL) domain were 61.1 ± 19.45, KOOS-PS-Sport/rec was 57.42 ± 20.3 indicating higher level difficulties noticed. There was no significant difference existed between Group-I and II, but the significant difference existed in the other age groups of KOOS-PS-ADL domain. There was insignificant difference existed between Group-I and II, significant difference existed in rest of the age groups of KOOS-PS-Sports/rec. Conclusion: Functional and higher level difficulties noticed in OA knee patients more in sports/recreational domain than activities of the daily living domain using the KOOS-physical function short form in Saudi populace.

Abstract licence: CC BY-NC-SA

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