Abstract
29Mar 2017 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SEVERITY INDEX AND ITS RELATION TO COMORBIDITY IN EGYPTIAN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS. Samah M. Alian , Rabab S. Zaghlol , Sahar S. Khalil , Dalia A. El-Shafei , Samah S. Sheta and Marwa B. Awad Allah. Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
Highlights
We found that the total (RARBIS) score ranged from 3-16 with a mean of 8.09 ± 2.41.the most frequent comorbidities in our patients are osteoporosis, hypertension, and peptic ulcer
RARBIS total score was high significant statistically increased in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with comorbidities compared to those without comorbidities
Our study demonstrated that the Egyptian RA patients have relatively high scores of severity index, and most of patients with severe RA suffer from a number of associated comorbidities withsignificant relationship with the severity index
Summary
Received: January 2017 Final Accepted: February 2017 Published: March 2017. Rheumatoid arthritis medical records-based index of severity index (RARBIS) to RA patients in Egyptians and its relation to Comorbidity. Method: Data of RA patients retrospectively collected from medical records in the follow up unit of the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation. RA patients,the collected data were computerized and statistically analyzed using SPSS programversion 20.0
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