Evaluation of the Relationship Between Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Clinical Parameters in Patients with Young Knee Osteoarthritis

Introduction: In this study, we wanted to evaluate the variability relationship between the criteria used in the disease course of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a group of patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: We assessed 104 patients who were diagnosed with grade 2-4 knee OA and fifty healthy individuals. Their sociodemographic characteristics were recorded. Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI) was used to measure the type and extent of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to assess emotional status, Short Form-36 (SF-36) was used to assess the quality of life, visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to assess pain severity and Western Ontario McMaster Questionnaire Index (WOMAC) and Lequesne index were used to assess physical activity. Results: BAI was higher in old patients (13.6 +/- 9.94) than in young patients (12.4 +/- 5.91) and healthy individuals (7 +/- 6.4) (p<0.001). A positive correlation was found between the BAI and MOCI scores and between VAS and WOMAC scores of patients with knee OA, and a negative correlation was found between SF-36 physical and mental scores in these patients. Conclusion: Anxiety was more common in patients with knee OA. There was a relationship between OCD and clinical parameters and quality of life in patients with knee OA, but there was no significant difference when patients with knee OA were compared with healthy individuals.