Adherence and family functioning in people with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has increased alarmingly, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in the US, reports that develops 1:10 inhabitants; in Mexico one million 700 thousand people between 20 and 50 years suffer, which co­incides with the productive age, is a serious public health problem annual cost is $ 600 per patient, the incidence is higher in women compared to men 3: 1; the outlook worsens with recurrent absen­teeism disability due to the presence of pain, de­formity, stiffness and joint swelling and decreased muscle strength, raising economic and emotional impact for the affected individual and for family members, urging to reorganize and most estab­lished to disintegrate as Virginia Satir; Low Adher­ence Therapy (AT) conditions unfavorable results and unnecessary costs to the health sector. You need to identify adherence and family functioning in people with RA, an observational, prolective, de­scriptive, cross-sectional study; the population was formed by 100 patients, users of General Ignacio Zaragoza Hospital, ISSSTE; with a mean age of 47 (± 10.7), 74 women and 26 men, with a month anti­rheumatic treatment. Analysis by sex more often in women (n = 38) belong to a family conflict and low AT is observed, while men (n = 22) located in nur­turing families in greater proportion and medium AT; AT reviewing the stages of life, discovers that the young adult and mature occupy 30 and 32 cases respectively, low and medium AT; this is important if life expectancy in Mexico is 80 years; one might ask what quality of life awaits these patients.