Prevalence of planter fasciitis among patients attended at crp (a retrospective survey)

Abstract

Purpose: To identify the prevalence of planter fasciitis among patients attended at the musculoskeletal department of CRP. Objectives: The aim of this study was to find out the age, gender, occupation, religion, onset of pain, severity of pain, exercises, educational status and living area of planter fasciitis patients. Methodology: The study design was retrospective type of descriptive survey. The sample size was 40 and purposive sampling technique was used for sample selection. Results: The study showed that Prevalence of PF was 3.29%. And the prevalence of PF was higher among female 52.5% than male. The most vulnerable age of PF was 25-45 years. Majority of the participants were came from urban area, n=21 (52.5%) & Less people come from rural area. Among of the 40 participants most of them Completed primary education n=13 (32.5%). Among participants affected by Planter fasciitis, n=18 (45%) were affected by right foot, n=14 (35%) were affected by left foot and n=8 (20%) were affected by both foot. Among the all participant n= 10 (25%) had sudden onset of pain & n= 30 (75%) had gradual onset and maximum participant does not involve any kind of exercise & sports. Among 40 participant maximum are use saddle n=36 (90%) and rest of participant n=4 (10%) uses shoe. Conclusion: PF is a common physiotherapy related problem this result of this study also provided background information about PF that may be useful in prevention and treatment of PF, thereby reducing its prevalence.

Keywords: Prevalence, Planter fasciitis.