Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Polikliniğine Başvuran 18 Yaş Altı Hastaların Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Aim: The aim of our study is to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics the patients under the age of 18 admitted to the physical and rehabilitation outpatient clinic. Material and Methods: The data of patients aged 18 and under who applied for musculoskeletal system pain and for the disability health board were analyzed retrospectively. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded. Pain etiology and region, pain duration, family history of rheumatologic disease and treatments were recorded for the musculoskeletal system pain. Results: 1000 patients were included in the study. 23.4% of the patients complained of pain in the musculoskeletal system, 67.8% applied to the health board and 8.8% applied to the medical report required for the physiotherapy. 57.3% of the patients who applied with musculoskeletal pain were female and 42.7% were male and the average age was 13.42±4.36. The most common pain etiology was inflammatory arthritis. The most common complaints were the wrist-hand joints pain and low back pain. The musculoskeletal pain was acute in 51.3% and cronic in the 48.7% of the patients. The family history of the rheumatic disease was in 8.1%. 50.9% medical treatment, 31.2% home exercise program, 9.4% medical treatment and home exercise program, 7.3% physiotherapy and 1.3% conservative treatment were applied. Conclusion: The most common cause of childhood musculoskeletal pain complaint was inflammatory arthritis. It was found that pediatric patients applied to the outpatient clinic in order to get more physiotherapy and benefit from social and educational rights. Therefore, in our country multicenter studies on musculoskeletal pain and disability are needed.