TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence and management of Osgood-Schlatter disease in general practice
T2 - retrospective cohort study
AU - van Leeuwen, Guido J
AU - de Schepper, Evelien It
AU - Rathleff, Michael S
AU - Bindels, Patrick Je
AU - Bierma-Zeinstra, Sita Ma
AU - van Middelkoop, Marienke
N1 - © The Authors.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - BACKGROUND: Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is a non-traumatic knee problem that is primarily observed in sports-active children and adolescents aged 8-15 years.AIM: To determine the incidence of OSD and to gain an insight into the management of children and adolescents with OSD in general practice.DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a healthcare database containing full electronic health records of over 200 000 patients in general practice in and around the Dutch city of Rotterdam.METHOD: Patients with a new diagnosis of OSD from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2017 were extracted using a search algorithm based on International Classification of Primary Health Care coding and search terms in free text. Data on the management of OSD were manually interpreted.RESULTS: The mean incidence over the study period was 3.8 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.5 to 4.2) per 1000 person-years in those aged 8-18 years. Boys had a higher incidence rate of 4.9 (95% CI = 4.3 to 5.5) compared with girls (2.7, 95% CI = 2.3 to 3.2). Peak incidence was at 12 years of age for boys and 11 years for girls. Advice was the most commonly applied strategy (55.1%), followed by rest (21.0%), referral for imaging (19.5%), and physiotherapy (13.4%).CONCLUSION: To the authors' knowledge, for the first time the incidence of OSD has been calculated using GP electronic medical files. There is a discrepancy, especially for imaging and referral to a medical specialist, between the current Dutch general practice guidelines and how GPs actually manage the condition in clinical practice.
AB - BACKGROUND: Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is a non-traumatic knee problem that is primarily observed in sports-active children and adolescents aged 8-15 years.AIM: To determine the incidence of OSD and to gain an insight into the management of children and adolescents with OSD in general practice.DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a healthcare database containing full electronic health records of over 200 000 patients in general practice in and around the Dutch city of Rotterdam.METHOD: Patients with a new diagnosis of OSD from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2017 were extracted using a search algorithm based on International Classification of Primary Health Care coding and search terms in free text. Data on the management of OSD were manually interpreted.RESULTS: The mean incidence over the study period was 3.8 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.5 to 4.2) per 1000 person-years in those aged 8-18 years. Boys had a higher incidence rate of 4.9 (95% CI = 4.3 to 5.5) compared with girls (2.7, 95% CI = 2.3 to 3.2). Peak incidence was at 12 years of age for boys and 11 years for girls. Advice was the most commonly applied strategy (55.1%), followed by rest (21.0%), referral for imaging (19.5%), and physiotherapy (13.4%).CONCLUSION: To the authors' knowledge, for the first time the incidence of OSD has been calculated using GP electronic medical files. There is a discrepancy, especially for imaging and referral to a medical specialist, between the current Dutch general practice guidelines and how GPs actually manage the condition in clinical practice.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child
KW - Family Practice
KW - Female
KW - General Practice
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Male
KW - Osteochondrosis/diagnosis
KW - Retrospective Studies
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U2 - 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0386
DO - 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0386
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34990396
SN - 0960-1643
VL - 72
SP - e301-e306
JO - British Journal of General Practice
JF - British Journal of General Practice
IS - 717
ER -