کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
913696 918340 2014 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Associations between weather conditions and clinical symptoms in patients with hip osteoarthritis: A 2-year cohort study
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
ارتباط بین شرایط آب و هوایی و علائم بالینی در بیماران مبتلا به استئوآرتریت حنجره: یک مطالعه کوهورت 2 ساله
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب سلولی و مولکولی
چکیده انگلیسی
The goal of this study was to assess whether there is an association between ambient weather conditions and patients' clinical symptoms in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA). The design was a cohort study with a 2-year follow-up and 3-monthly measurements and prospectively collected data on weather variables. The study population consisted of 222 primary care patients with hip OA. Weather variables included temperature, wind speed, total amount of sun hours, precipitation, barometric pressure, and relative humidity. The primary outcomes were severity of hip pain and hip disability as measured with the Western Ontario and McMasters University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain and function subscales. Associations between hip pain and hip disability and the weather variables were assessed using crude and multivariate adjusted linear mixed-model analysis for repeated measurements. On the day of questionnaire completion, mean relative humidity was associated with WOMAC pain (estimate 0.1; 95% confidence interval = 0.0-0.2; P = .02). Relative humidity contributed ⩽1% to the explained within-patient variance and between-patient variance of the WOMAC pain score. Mean barometric pressure was associated with WOMAC function (estimate 0.1; 95% confidence interval = 0.0-0.1; P = .02). Barometric pressure contributed ⩽1% to the explained within-patient variance and between-patient variance of the WOMAC function score. The other weather variables were not associated with the WOMAC pain or function score. Our results support the general opinion of OA patients that barometric pressure and relative humidity influence perceived OA symptoms. However, the contribution of these weather variables (⩽1%) to the severity of OA symptoms is not considered to be clinically relevant.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: PAIN® - Volume 155, Issue 4, April 2014, Pages 808-813
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