Abstract
Background: India is home to the world's second largest population. Rheumatology is an emerging specialty in India. We looked at publications in the field of rheumatology from India from over the past six years using Scopus and Medline databases. Despite rheumatologic disorders affecting 6.0%-24.0% of the population, rheumatology in India is still in its infancy. So, we studied the pattern of rheumatological disorders and its management in rural population of central India. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was done for a period of 18 months on 100 people attending inpatient and outpatient from General Medicine and Orthopaedics departments of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, India. All patients of age 12 years and above coming to UPUMS with history suggestive of Rheumatological disorders were included in the study. Results: Out of 100 studied patients 85.0%were in age group 31-40 years with female predominance (72.0%). Hypertension was the commonest comorbidity followed by hypothyroidism and diabetes. Rheumatoid arthritis (49.0%) was the most common disease followed by Osteoarthritis (20.0%), Spondyloarthritis (18.0%) and Systemic lupus erythematosus (7.0%). The difference between joint examination in different rheumatic disease was statistically insignificant (p>0.05).
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