Perfil epidemiológico e qualidade de vida dos pacientes com artrite reumatóide em tratamento em um hospital de referência no Espírito Santo

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Prates, Wellington Bezerra
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva; Centro de Ciências da Saúde; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
• Palavras-chave em Português: Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis; Health profile; Artrite reumatóide; Perfil de saúde; Qualidade de vida; Saúde Coletiva; 614
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/5711

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common musculoskeletal inflammatory, autoimmune, and progressive disease that along with functional disability over the years can lead to, a decline in quality of life due to labor, social and psychological damages. This study aimed at evaluating patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in biological therapy, in the State of Espirito Santo considering their quality of life and other intervening factors. This is a cross-sectional study using primary and secondary data from 171 patients treated with biologics in a rheumatology outpatient clinic of a university hospital. Sociodemographic, clinical (disease activity, functional capacity, pain and fatigue assessment) and quality of life variables were evaluated. The instruments used were DAS-28, VAS global, of pain and fatigue, Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and WHOQOL-bref and biochemical tests for rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP). For data treatment, Spearman correlation coefficient was used for analysis of the WHOQOL-bref with continuous variables, and the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test for categorical variables with significance level of 5%. The results showed that most patients were female (90.1%), they had from 9 to11 years of education (33.3%), retired or on work leave (49.1%), and belonging to economic class C (47.4 %). Clinical variables were consistent presenting moderate averages in disease acitivity (DAS-28: 3,8±1,5), HAQ (1,05±0,74) e EVA Global (42,5±28,3). Averages presented mild pain (37 ± 27,6) and fatigue (37,1 ± 31,2). The WHOQOL-bref domain with the lowest rate was the physical one (49.7±17.5) and the one showing highest rates was the social domain (68.6 ± 21). In the inferential analysis there was significant difference between the four domains of WHOQOL-bref and sex, years of education, employment status, and economic class (p < 0.05). Correlations between HAQ (r: - 0,717, p < 0.05), DAS-28 (r: -0,557, p < 0.05), general VAS (r: -0,551, p < 0.05), pain (r: -0,547, p < 0.05), fatigue (r: -0,463, p < 0.05) and the four domains of WHOQOLbref. We conclude that patients presented altered clinical parameters and impaired quality of life, especially in the physical domain.