@article{Farooq_Mehmood_Amjad_Syed_2021, title={Shoulder pain and functional disability in type 1 diabetic patients: A cross-sectional survey}, volume={37}, url={https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/3401}, DOI={10.12669/pjms.37.4.3401}, abstractNote={<p><em><strong>Objective:</strong></em> To assess the prevalence of shoulder pain and functional disability (SPFD) in Type-1 diabetic patients, and to explore its association with duration of the disease, age and gender.</p> <p><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> A cross-sectional survey was carried out on previously diagnosed patients with Type-1 diabetes mellitus between April 2019 and March 2020. Data was collected from six hospitals including three tertiary care hospitals of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Three hundred and twenty-eight patients were recruited through convenience sampling. Shoulder Pain and Disability Index was used to determine SPFD among participants. Point-biserial and Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to find out the correlation between the variables. Independent t-test was used to determine the difference in the mean scores between the variables.</p> <p><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> The prevalence of SPFD was found 85.7%. A significant correlation was found of the SPFD with age (r = 0.332, p &lt; 0.001), duration of the diabetes mellitus (r = 0.154, p = 0.005) and gender (rpb = 0.171, p = 0.002). A significant difference was found in SPFD mean scores between female and male patients (female patients = 43.42±22.80, male patients = 35.31±22.91, p = 0.002).</p> <p><em><strong>Conclusion:</strong></em> SPFD seems prevalent among Type-1 diabetic patients. Increasing age, long history of diabetes mellitus and female gender appear the associated risk factors for the shoulder pain and disability.</p> <p><strong>doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.4.3401</strong></p> <p><em><strong>How to cite this:</strong></em><br>Farooq MN, Mehmood A, Amjad F, Syed J. Shoulder pain and functional disability in type 1 diabetic patients: A cross-sectional survey. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(4):1211-1214. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.4.3401</p> <p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Farooq, Muhammad Nazim and Mehmood, Aqsa and Amjad, Fatima and Syed, Jaweria}, year={2021}, month={May} }