Type of Article : Original Research

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Page No. 889-893

Date of Publication: 11-02-2015

DOI: 10.16965/ijpr.2015.104

PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG MUSCULOSKELETAL PATIENTS  

Md. Salah Uddin ¹, Muhammad Millat Hossain ², Md. Shofiqul Islam ^*3 Md. Obaidul Haque⁴, Umma Kulsum ¹, Ehsanur Rahman ², Mohammad Habibur Rahman ³, Md. Fazlul Karim Patwary ⁵.  

¹ Clinical Physiotherapist, Department of Physiotherapy, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
² Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, the academic institute of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
^*3 Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, the academic institute of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, the academic institute of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁵ Associate Professor, Institute of Information Technology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Corresponding author: Md. Shofiqul Islam, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, the academic institute of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
E-Mail: physio.shofiqul@gmail.com

Abstract:

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to identify the prevalence of obesity among the musculoskeletal patients who attended musculoskeletal department of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paraleysed (CRP) to receive physiotherapy service. The study was conducted in order to find the information related to demography, prevalence of obesity by age and sex, the main musculoskeletal disorder among the obese participants, as well as the distribution of chronic disease including hypertension and   diabetes   among   the   obese participants.
Methodology:A   cross sectional survey was conducted to collect data from 162 participants aged between 18-75 years.
Results:Prevalence of obesity was 12.3%, with 55% were ≥ 50 years and 45% were < 50 years, 60% of whom were females and 40% were males. Out of 162, 20 patients were obese who complained at least one musculoskeletal problem. Among the 20 patients osteoarthritis of the knee (10, 50%) was the most common musculoskeletal disorder followed by low back pain (7, 35%), ankle sprain (1, 5%), neck pain (1, 5%) and calcaneal spur (1, 5%). Most of the obese shared that they had no hypertension (13, 65%) and diabetes (17, 85%) where rest of the patients suffered with hypertension (7, 35%) and diabetes (3, 15%).
Conclusion:Prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing day by day in the world. Now-a-days obesity is a burning question. It is essential to identify the prevalence of obesity among musculoskeletal patients of Bangladesh.
KEYWORDS: Prevalence, Obesity, Musculoskeletal disorder.

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Md. Salah Uddin, Muhammad Millat Hossain, Md. Shofiqul Islam, Md. Obaidul Haque, Umma Kulsum, Ehsanur Rahman, Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Md. Fazlul Karim Patwary. PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG MUSCULOSKELETAL PATIENTS. Int J Physiother Res 2015;3(1):889-893. DOI: 10.16965/ijpr.2015.104