Disabling Osteoarthritis and Symptomatic Anxiety: Impact and Implications

摘要: Psychological conditions, such as anxiety, are highly prevalent among adults in general, and with a variety of medical disorders (Fava et al., 2010) chronic physical particular (Sareen 2006; Scott 2007). Anxiety, which may commonly take the form panic attacks or generalized is also frequently associated depression (Burns 2010; 2007), worse subjective health (Paukert 2010), conditions arthritis 2006). This chapter describes literature research evidence concerning nature its prevalence aging adults, impact comorbid and/or concurrent anxiety symptoms moderate to severe osteoarthritis, painful disabling joint disease. It highlights implications context osteoarthritis advocates for improved efforts identify treat concomitant this condition, regardless disease stage. To achieve these aims, author reports data embedded PubMed, Scopus, Science Citation PsychInfo bases, well extracted from records 1,000 hip surgical candidates. Divided into three parts, used describe clinical syndromes highlight presence preexisting depression, state diagnosed having argue more routine screening cases osteoarthritis.