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[Epidemiological profile of rheumatoid arthritis].
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Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social [Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc] 2023 Sep 04; Vol. 61 (5), pp. 574-582. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 04. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Rheumatoid arthritis affects approximately between 0.3 and 1.2% of the world population. In Latin America, different studies have estimated a prevalence between 0.2 and 0.5% in the population over 16 years of age.<br />Objective: To identify the epidemiological profile of rheumatoid arthritis.<br />Material and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional design carried out in an urban population of a social security institution in Mexico. The information of the clinical file of 373 patients was studied. The epidemiological profile included the sociodemographic dimension, family history, health, clinical, therapeutic, biochemical, extra-articular manifestations and complications. Statistical analysis percentages, means, confidence intervals for percentages and confidence intervals for averages were calculated.<br />Results: The wrists were the most affected joints with 44.6% (95% CI: 39.5-49.6%). The extra-articular manifestation with the highest prevalence was asthenia with 9.9% (95% CI: 6.9-12.9%); predominant diagnosis according to ICD-10 was seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with 59.8% (95% CI: 54.8-64.8%), and the rheumatoid factor was highly positive in 78.3% (95% CI: 74.1-82.5%); predominant treatment was with combined therapy at diagnosis in 97.6% (95% CI: 96.0-99.1%). The duration of treatment was > 10 years in 34.1% (95% CI: 29.2-38.8%).<br />Conclusion: This work has described the epidemiological profile of the patient with rheumatoid arthritis in different dimensions.<br /> (Licencia CC 4.0 (BY-NC-ND) © 2023 Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.)
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- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 2448-5667
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37757464
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8316427