| Autor: |
Dan Nemeş, Mihai Drăgoi, Dan V. Poenaru, Răzvan Drăgoi, Elena Amaricăi, Daniel Popa, Oana Suciu, Diana Andrei, Octavian Creţu, Crina Gruin |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Timisoara Physical Education and Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 37-40 (2010) |
| ISSN: |
2065-0574 |
| Popis: |
Aims: Once the biologic therapies have been used, the present-day medicine trend is to homogenize the treatment of the inflammatory autoimmune rheumatic diseases, meaning rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). But, there is still the need to find out a common assessment instrument for this pathology.Methods:The study included 120 patients (40 patients with RA, 40 patients with AS, 20 patients with PsA and 20 patients with SLE). They were assessed at the beginning and at the end of the study period by using both DAS (Disease Activity Score) and HAQ (Health Assessment Questionnaire) scales. BASDAI (Bath AS Disease Activity Index) was used for AS patients and SLEDAI (SLE Disease Activity Index) for SLE patients. Results: The RA patients had significant improvements regarding both DAS and HAQ scores (DAS mean score was initially 4.49 and finally 3.75; HAQ mean score was initially 1.78 and finally 2.15; p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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