Author(s)

Dieu-Donné Ouédraogo^1*, Joelle Tiendrébéogo Zabsonré¹, Aimé Davy Sèvy Kenagnon¹, Fulgence Kaboré¹, Christian Compaoré², Youssouf Joseph Drabo³, Xavier Chevalier⁴

¹Department of Rheumatology, Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
²Rheumatology Unit, International Polyclinic of Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
³Department of Internal Medicine, Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁴Department of Rheumatology, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Paris, France.

Objective: To study the quality of life of patients with knee OA with the questionnaire OAKHQOL (OsteoArthritis of Knee Hip Quality Of Life). Patients and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study over a period of six months, in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. All patients met the clinical and radiological criteria of the ACR. The OAKHQOL questionnaire was used to investigate the quality of life of patients. Results: One hundred and six patients were included. There were 94 (88.7%) women and 12 (11.3%) men with a sex ratio of 0.12. The average age of patients was 55 ± 10.4 years. The average pain intensity was 55.1 ± 22.4. The majority of patients (69.8%) had stage 3 of Kellgren and Lawrence classification. The dimension “pain” had the lowest normalized score (60.6). There was a significant correlation between the age range of 30 to 40 years and declining mental health (49.5) . The patients with over 60 years of age had a decrease in pain tolerance and reduced social activities. Lequesne score was associated with severe all dimensions except “social support” of the patient. Conclusion: The knee has an impact on quality of life of patients followed in rheumatology by OAKHQOL questionnaire.

Quality of Life, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Psychometrics, Africa

Ouédraogo, D. , Zabsonré, J. , Kenagnon, A. , Kaboré, F. , Compaoré, C. , Drabo, Y. and Chevalier, X. (2014) Quality of Life of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis with Questionnaire OAKHQOL (OsteoArthritis of Knee Hip Quality of Life) in Rheumatology Consultation in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, 4, 219-225. doi: 10.4236/ojra.2014.44030.