Background: Arthritis creating 'epidemic of isolation'published at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018
Arthritis is creating an "epidemic of isolation", a new report has warned.
A survey conducted by Versus Arthritis found three quarters of people with the condition said it had compromised their family and social lives.
In addition, almost a third admitted that friendships and relationships had been left strained because of it.
Versus Arthritis has called for public spaces to be designed more inclusively to prevent people feeling "disconnected".
One in six people in the UK have arthritis, a condition which causes pain and inflammation in joints.