2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0482-50042007000200002
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Análise descritiva das características demográficas e clínicas de pacientes com artrite reumatóide no estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Abstract: Objetivo: realizar uma análise retrospectiva das características demográficas e clínicas de pacientes com artrite reumatóide (AR), em acompanhamento ambulatorial no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Métodos: foram revisados 1.381 prontuários de pacientes com artrite reumatóide, atendidos entre 2002 e 2005. Os prontuários foram transcritos em protocolos padronizados, coletando-se idade, sexo, raça, peso corpóreo, tempo de doença, gravidade da doença, classificação do estado funcional, fator reumatóide, condição soci… Show more

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“…Although there was no restriction in relation to gender, duration and intensity of disease in the inclusion criteria, patients were all females with longstanding RA and with a disease activity estimated as moderate by the DAS28 score system. These characteristics are similar to those found in the Brazilian literature for most patients with this disease (Louzada-Junior et al, 2007).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Although there was no restriction in relation to gender, duration and intensity of disease in the inclusion criteria, patients were all females with longstanding RA and with a disease activity estimated as moderate by the DAS28 score system. These characteristics are similar to those found in the Brazilian literature for most patients with this disease (Louzada-Junior et al, 2007).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…[12][13][14][15][16] Our ratio was higher than that indicat-ed in the literature (9:1), corroborating studies with Brazilian populations, [17][18][19]14 which show that the female/ male ratios are higher than in the international literature (7.3:1 and 9:1), possibly due to the great heterogeneity of the study population, hormonal issues and the fact that, traditionally, women seek more often health services than men. [20][21][22] Regarding age, the mean was 47.6 years, ranging from 25 to 81 years.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…According to some authors, 18,19 rheumatic patients are a group with prevalent inactivity (around 30%), which is also seen in this study. Corbacho and Dapueto, 20 with an equal number of individuals and pathology as this study, observed similar results in terms of education, although different in relation to antirheumatic drug therapy, with only 24.5% using combined treatment.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%