Assistant Professor,
Arthritis affects 15% people i.e. over 180 million people in India. This prevalence is higher than many well known diseases such as diabetes, AIDS and cancer. Arthritis is a chronic and inflammatory disease, which mainly affects the joints and concerned with high morbidity in the patients. Joint pain is a very common complaint among the elderlywhich may lead to functional limitations, decreased quality of life, and increased health care costs. It often named as “Silent thief”, “king of human miseries” and “Great crippler”. Both environmental and genetic factors may contribute to the development of joint pain. In this study researcher imparted structured teaching Programme on Self care management of arthritis to hundred elderly and the results showed that there is an increase in knowledge level after administration of STP.
