Objective: To assess the quality of life of the elderly population with grade 1 knee osteoarthritis. Methodology: It was a cross sectional descriptive study, which was conducted in the Jinnah Hospital, . Lahore. We included 384 patients through sequential non-probability sampling. Data was entered in terms of WOMAC and was analyzed using SPSS 20.
Results: BMI in majorly was between 35 to 40 showing that most patients were overweight and among them were more females. Pain in the knees while walking was experienced by 64% of the respondents and 94% experienced extreme pain during stair climbing. Physical functional activity was restricted in 72% patients. For Quality of life, WOMAC scale showed physical functioning score to be 18.48 indicating that physical functioning was poor.
Conclusion: There was a strong direct association between the less education and less perception regarding quality of life. People with level of education if indulged in healthy physical activities, higher impacts can be gained.
Key words: Knee osteoarthritis, elder population, quality of life, arthritis.
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