KNEE PAIN CAN LEAD TO DEPRESSION: STUDY

Tokyo, March 31: Knee pain from osteoarthritis ( OA), which damages the quality of life, can in turn lead to depression, a study has found.

Osteoarthritis when a joint inflamed, because cartilage that like the damaged.

According to the researchers from Japan, knee osteoarthritis affects some 55 per cent of people over age 40 in the country.

They examined information from 573 people aged 65 or older. When the study began none of the participants had symptoms of depression.

The participants answered questions about their knee pain and were evaluated for symptoms of depression.

Nearly 12 per cent of the participants had developed occurs becomes usually the protective and other tissues cushion joints knee become symptoms of depression, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

People who experienced knee pain at night, while putting on socks, or while getting in or out of a car were more likely to report having symptoms of depression, noted the researchers.

The researchers concluded that asking the old with knee pain whether they have pain at night, when putting on socks, or while getting in or out of a car could be useful for helping to screen people at risk for developing depression.