Factors Influencing the Acceptability of Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injections among Pakistani Patients with Arthritis

Objective: Toassesspatients' awareness andattitude towardsintra-articulartherapy.Todetermine the frequency of refusal among patients who were offered intra-articularsteroid injections and to identify variousreasons for this refusal. Method: This was a cross-sectional study done at Rheumatology CMH Lahore outpatient clinic from 1st June 31st July 2022. A total 204 16 years or above potential candidates intraarticular corticosteroids (IACS) had received in past asked about their knowledge, beliefs, consent intra-articular as per pre-defined questionnaire. Results: Out patients, 34% refused get injection. Their major concern fear injection, dependence, only temporary pain relief. Consent directly correlated with disease severity determined by visual analogue score (VAS) affected activities daily living (ADLs), physician guidance (p=0.001). negative review relative personal bad experience leads rejection IACS Those did not have prior knowledge IACS, its response variability agreed more (p=0.01). Conclusion: The patients' dependency, partial effectiveness, concerns that lead almost one-third patients. Information gathered different sources apart doctors misleads