Who seeks physiotherapy or exercise treatment for hip and knee osteoarthritis? A cross-sectional analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Smith, Toby; Collier, Tom S.; Smith, Benjamin; Mansfield, Michael

Abstract

© 2019 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd Objectives: To determine the characteristics of individuals with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis who are recommended to seek physiotherapy or exercise treatment, and to explore which people are more or less likely to follow such recommendations. Methods: All data were obtained from Wave 4 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) cohort (2008-2009), a prospectively collected community-based dataset. Eligibility was justified by a patient-reported diagnosis of hip and/or knee osteoarthritis with a visual analog scale (VAS) pain score of 1 or above. Data were collected from a self-completed questionnaire and nurse assessment visit. Prevalence of being recommended to physiotherapy or exercise (or not) and then the actioning of this recommendation (or not) were calculated and presented as 95% confidence intervals (CI). Data on characteristics of those recommended (or not) were explored using univariate analyses and then a forward selection logistic regression model. Results: In total, 1262 and 1877 individuals with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis pain were analyzed. This included 41% (95% CI: 0.38-0.44) who had been recommended to seek physiotherapy or exercise treatment. Subsequently, 83% of those recommended sought these treatments. Individuals who presented with isolated knee pain, those who reported “fair” self-reported general health and were younger had a greater chance of being recommended for physiotherapy or exercise treatment, respectively (P≤0.02). Conclusion: Encouragement should be given to formal and informal care providers of older people to highlight this inequality. This may then improve current and future access to evidence-based treatments for this population.

Citation

Smith, T., Collier, T. S., Smith, B., & Mansfield, M. (2019). Who seeks physiotherapy or exercise treatment for hip and knee osteoarthritis? A cross-sectional analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 22(5), 897-904. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.13480

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 17, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Feb 6, 2019
• Publication Date: Feb 6, 2019
• Deposit Date: Mar 19, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 7, 2020
• Journal: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
• Print ISSN: 1756-1841
• Electronic ISSN: 1756-185X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 897-904
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.13480
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1666458
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1756-185X.13480
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Toby Smith, Tom S. Collier, Benjamin Smith, Michael Mansfield, Who seeks physiotherapy or exercise treatment for hip and knee osteoarthritis? A cross?sectional analysis of the english longitudinal study of age cohort, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/1756-185x.13480. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.