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Prevalence of arthritis among a sample of medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt; A Cross-Sectional study.

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Osteoarthritis is highly endemic disease in Egypt. In high income countries higher arthritis prevalence is associated with low social class, however in low to middle income countries less is known about arthritis prevalence or its predisposing factors. Objective: To measure the prevalence of arthritis among a sample of medical students at Ain Shams University and to identify its probable associated risk factors. Methods:A cross sectional study was carried out at Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. A convenience sample of 340 students was selected. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Arthritis was assessed using 2 diagnostic methods:  1) doctor-/health care provider–diagnosed arthritis. 2) Four arthritis definitions based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision and WHO. Collected data were revised, coded, entered to a personal computer and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Results:The total prevalence of arthritis among the studied students was 8.9% based on both doctor diagnosis and WHO algorithm (7.1% based on doctor diagnosis and 2.1% based on WHO algorithm).  Logistic regression analysis revealed that, residence in urban areas and female gender were the two independent risk factors associated with arthritis (p<0.05).
 
Conclusion Findings suggest that further studied are needed across this age group, and proper interventions are needed to overcome the consequences of arthritis later in life.

DOI

10.21608/misrj.2019.63935

Keywords

Arthritis, prevalence, Medical students, Egypt. WHO algorism, Diagnosis

Authors

First Name

hadeer

Last Name

yousef

MiddleName

mohamed

Affiliation

faculty of medicine ain shams university

Email

hadeermohamed250@gmail.com

City

cairo

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First Name

Hadeer

Last Name

El. Sayed

MiddleName

Samy

Affiliation

Faculty of medicine , Ain shams university

Email

hadeersamy2611@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Mai

Last Name

Tantawy

MiddleName

Gharib

Affiliation

Faculty of medicine, Ain shams university

Email

dody.mohamed71@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

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First Name

Amany

Last Name

Mokhtar

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-

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University

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dramany_mokhtar@med.asu.edu.eg

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-

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2

Article Issue

1

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8199

Issue Date

2019-10-01

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2019-11-15

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2019-10-01

Page Start

17

Page End

28

Print ISSN

2537-0227

Online ISSN

2537-0235

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MISRJ_Volume 2_Issue 1_Pages 17-28.pdf

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https://misrj.journals.ekb.eg/article_63935.html

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Medical Integrated Student Research Journal

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Prevalence of arthritis among a sample of medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt; A Cross-Sectional study.

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22 Jan 2023