Impact of comorbidities and functional impairment on 5-year loss of health utility in patients with lower-limb osteoarthritis in the KHOALA cohort.
Abdou Y OmorouHamza AchitMaud WieczorekJacques PouchotBruno FautrelAnne-Christine RatFrancis GuilleminPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2019)
FI and comorbidities are important and independent determinants of HU loss in patient with OA. Half of cases (50%) of HU loss during 5 years could be avoided by preventing comorbidities (30%) and limiting FI under patient acceptable function (20%). Caregivers should additionally pay close attention to the prevention and the treatment of comorbidities in routine management of OA.