An Experimental Study to Know the Efficacy of Sarracenia Purpurea for Osteoarthritis Following Lifestyle Management as an Adjuvant in Improving Quality of Life

Osteoarthritis is the common cause of disability in older adults and affects approximately 9.6% of men and women worldwide over the age of 60 years (1). Knee osteoarthritis affects 6% of adult population of the world. The prevalence of osteoarthritis of knee is higher among 70-74-year-olds increasing as high as 40% (2). Pain is the major complaint affecting the daily activities of patients. One of the main goals of the treatment is to reduce the intensity of the symptoms because it is degenerative joint disease as well as progress slowly (3). This study is an attempt to know the effectiveness of Sarracenia Purpurea in treating Osteoarthritis. Sample size: 30 cases are included from the registered cases for the purpose of the study.30 patients are divided into 2 groups, group A-patients were given only with homeopathic medicine sarracenia purpurea, Group B- patients were given homeopathic medicine and advised the following lifestyle management. Based on unpaired t-value results of medicine with lifestyle management (40.00+9.06) and only medicine (28.07+9.35), it is evident that medicine along lifestyle management is more effective than medicine group alone, Un paired t test results of both groups difference is considered extremely significant. The calculated t value is 3.5500 which is greater than the table t-value 2.048 at degrees of freedom (df)28. Based on this statistical analysis group A paired t value is significant, group B is also significant. Unpaired t test for both groups show significant. Hence our study shows α < 0.05. Keywords: osteoarthritis, lifestyle management, sarracenia purpurea.