title: [Descriptive assessments of a series of rheumatoid arthritis patients admitted to rehabilitation treatment between 2008 and 2010].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess some demographic features in a series of 741 rheumatoid arthritis patients admitted to the Clinic Hospital of Rehabilitation at Iasi in different stages of disease in order to select the most adequate rehabilitation teratment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from patients' records, hospital statistical reports, and then processed and interpreted using EPI/INFO and MS Excel.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sex distribution revealed that the disease was more common in females (male/female ratio 0.2). The prevalence was higher after the age of 40, from 15.4% to 33.8% between 51 and 60, and 40.2% after 61. The most important comorbidities were related to osteoporosis (48.9%), ischemic cardiopathy and essential arterial hypertension (40.1%), impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus (36.9%), viral hepatitis B and C (24.02% of all cases).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In selecting the most adequate rehabilitation treatment (drug therapy, kinetotherapy, and physical therapy) patient's age, and his various associated diseases have to be considered.
authors: Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie "Gr. T. Popa" Iaşi, Ambulatoriul de Balneofizioterapie al Spitalului Clinic "Sfântul Spiridon" Iaşi.
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Păstrăguş
authors: Codrina
authors: C
authors: Ancuţa
authors: Smaranda Stefana
authors: SS
authors: Miu
authors: Iulia Codruţa
authors: IC
authors: Belibou
authors: Rodica
authors: R
authors: Chirieac
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000465:Algorithms; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015897:Comorbidity; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data