bachelorThesis
Impacto de la resiliencia en pacientes con Artritis Reumatoide
Fecha
2016Autor
Beltrán García, Jonathan
Zapata Gómez, Elizabeth
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune-inflammatory disease, which affects diarthrodial joints. It has a significant systemic impact including depression; therefore, it has a severe impact on quality of life. It is possible that defense mechanisms, such as resilience to cushion the impact.
Methodology: cross-sectional study, multicenter (Initial analysis within the AR group, with non-probabilistic sample of 66 patients, subsequent simple random selection of 16 patients of the initial sample and selection of 16 matched healthy individuals). Subsequently, resilience among subjects with RA and healthy subjects were compared, using the RS and CD-RISC25 scales. Additionally, EEAE, EADZ, SF-36 and PANAS scales were applied. Data were evaluated using the Spearman correlation coefficient, the Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis, T Student, and ANOVA.
Results: Significant differences were found in the non-spiritual coping strategies in groups of low, medium and high resilience; differences in the medians of resilience groups EAZD depression in patients. No significant results were found in clinical variables or the RA compared to healthy subjects.
Conclusions: The use of non-spiritual coping strategies and the absence of depression, was associated with higher levels of resilience in RA patients, therefore, the emotional and cognitive components associated with resilience.