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ArticleClinical interventions in aging2020

Longitudinal Assessment of Pain Management Among the Employed Japanese Population with Knee Osteoarthritis.

Kaname Ueda, Tomoyuki Takura, Shinji Fujikoshi, Juliana Meyers, Saurabh P Nagar, Hiroyuki Enomoto

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Article in Clinical interventions in aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kaname UedaMedicines Development Unit Japan, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Kobe, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1967-9829
Tomoyuki TakuraDepartment of Healthcare Economics and Health Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinji FujikoshiMedicines Development Unit Japan, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Kobe, Japan.
Juliana MeyersRTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Saurabh P NagarRTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4616-0926
Hiroyuki EnomotoMedicines Development Unit Japan, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Kobe, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9791-5738
Eli Lilly (Japan) · JPRTI Health Solutions · USThe University of Tokyo · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess comorbidity burden and pain-management patterns among working-aged patients with knee osteoarthritis only (KOA/O) and patients with knee osteoarthritis plus osteoarthritis at another site (KOA/+) in Japan. PATIENTS AND

methodsRetrospective claims data analysis was conducted using the Japan Medical Data Center database. Working-aged adults (aged 40 to 71 years) with 5 years of follow-up and diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2012, were evaluated. The first claim with a KOA diagnosis defined the index date. Patients were divided into two mutually exclusive cohorts: KOA/O and KOA/+. Longitudinal pain-management patterns during each year of follow-up were analyzed.

resultsA total of 2542 patients met study criteria: 1575 KOA/O and 967 KOA/+. Mean age and number of comorbidities were higher among the KOA/+ versus KOA/O cohort. Pharmaceutical treatment was received by 91.5% of patients in the KOA/+ compared with 85.1% of patients in the KOA/O cohort during the first year of follow-up. The most common pharmacological treatment received during the first year of follow-up was either topical or oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for both cohorts. During each year of follow-up, the KOA/+ cohort had greater proportion of patients with at least one health-care encounter (ie, hospital admissions, outpatient and pharmacy visits) and higher direct medical costs compared with the KOA/O cohort.

conclusionThis study demonstrates that a greater proportion of the working population with KOA/+ received pain-related treatment compared with patients with KOA/O. Further studies are necessary to evaluate appropriate pain management for both KOA only and KOA with other sites.

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AgedCohort StudiesComorbidityEmploymentFemaleHumansJapanLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritis, KneePainPain ManagementPain MeasurementRetrospective StudiesHCRUJapanknee osteoarthritispain managementworking-aged

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