摘要：T he aim of this study wa s to assess the impact of physiotherapy on H RQ oL of pa tient with a rthritis. T he design for this stu dy w as a prospective su rvey de sign. T he Eur oQol tool wa s used to colle ct da ta . The participants in this study were 32 patients attending a rthritis clinic in Soshanguve district clinic of Pretoria N orth. T he outcome of this stu dy r evea le d tha t there w as no significa nt impac t of physiothera py on all doma ins of HRQ oL (mobility (p=1. 00), self ca re (p=0.37), usual a ctivity (p=0.48), pa in (p=0.06), anxiety or de pression (p= 0.2 0) and hea lth state ( p=0. 28). While on the other hand there wa s a significant e ffec t on the best imagina ble hea lth sta te ( p=0. 00 01) . T hough the re w as no sta tistic a l signific anc e of the impa c t of physiother a py in all domains there wa s howe ve r improvement in the sta te of hea lth within the differe nt domains.
关键词：H RQ oL. EuroQol. Arthr itis. O steoarthritis. Rheuma toid Ar thritis
