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Table 3 Pain, activity restriction, use of health services, and medications for knee pain

From: Marked disability and high use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs associated with knee osteoarthritis in rural China: a cross-sectional population-based survey

 

Knee pain

n= 404

Symptomatic

knee OA

n= 109

OR (95% CI)

Pain unbearable at times

36%

59%

2.0 (1.3 to 3.3)

Limited activity

39%

64%

2.4 (1.5 to 4.0)

Herbal medicine

25%

60%

4.4 (2.7 to 7.5)

Acupuncture

20%

40%

2.2 (1.3 to 3.8)

Massage

4%

6%

1.2 (0.4 to 3.3)

Other TCM

26%

35%

1.6 (0.9 to 2.6)

NSAIDs

78%

88%

2.1 (1.1 to 4.4)

Paracetamol

2%

6%

3.4 (1.0 to 11.2)

Other Western medicine

13%

21%

2.0 (1.0 to 4.0)

Physiotherapy

10%

17%

1.1 (0.5 to 2.2)

Doctor past year?

33%

59%

2.9 (1.8 to 4.8)

  1. Prevalence (%), adjusted odds ratio (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI). Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, self-reported back pain, and years of education. TCM, traditional Chinese medicine.