<b>THE PREVELENCE OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS</b><b> </b><b>IN INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF INDUSTRIAL STATE HAYATABAD PESHAWAR</b>

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To find the prevalence of knee Osteoarthritis among the industrial workers of Industrial State Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan, Background: prevalence of knee osteoarthritis among industrial workers, with a sample size of 123, the cross-sectional study was conducted at the Industrial State in Hayatabad, Peshawar. To collect the data, 41 individuals from each industry were interviewed in a sequential order Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study to investigate the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis among industrial workers in Peshawar's Bottling Hayatabad, a questionnaire was used with a sample size of 123 participants. Data were gathered in a sequence with 41 participants from each industry. The collected data was analysed by using SPSS version 22 to obtain the prevalence of knee pain. RESULTS: According to our data the results reveals that a total of 123 subjects participate in our study in which n= 87 (71.8%) reported positive response toward KOA. the most frequently affected age group for KOA was age group 40-55 years of age (old) n=15(96.29%) out of total 16 participants. In working frame frequently affected group of participants was those who work for 15-20 years reported positive response towards KOA n= 9 (100%) 0ut of 9 participants, According to the results of our study all the participants who work for 12 hours daily reported high prevalence of KOA n=7 (81.81%) out of 9 total participants. Among the affected subjects most of the participants n=40 (46.35%) subjects have mild pain, while the most frequently contributing position for KOA was standing where n=34 (38.82%). Effects on ability to sit or stand was n=64 (74.24%), effects on ability to lift objects was n=64(74.24%). CONCLUSION: This study concludes that KOA is most common in industrial workers of industrial state who worked for 12 hours daily and the most frequently contributing position for KOA is standing followed by sit to stand position KEY WORDS: Industrial workers, Knee pain, KOA