Naslov
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ICF BRIEF CORE SET FOR HAND CONDITIONS AND GRIP STRENGTH IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS

Autori
Doko, Ines ; Grubišić, Frane ; Skala Kavanagh, Hana ; Grazio, Simeon

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Reumatizam / - , 2018, 41-42

Skup
Central European Congress of Rheumatology 2018 (CECR)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 06.12.2018. - 08.12.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
rheumatoid arthritis ; ICF ; core set ; hand ; grip strength

Sažetak
Background: International Classifi cation of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) core set for hand conditions is based on biopsychosocial approach and is used to comprehensively describe functioning and disability of patients with conditions that aff ect hand. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive infl ammatory rheumatic disease in which hands and wrists are aff ected in 80–90% of cases resulting in its decreased function and loss of muscle strength. Objectives: In this cross-sectional study of patients with RA we studied the association between dynamometric parameters of hand grip with dimensions of ICF. Methods: We included 43 patients (39 women, 4 men) with established RA and hand involvement, age 35– 60 years, mean disease duration 92 months (range 58-156). Maximal grip force of dominant and non- dominant hand was measured by electronic dynamometer and patients were all evaluated by giving qualifi ers to the 23components of ICF core set for hand conditions. ICF categories are divided into 4 domains: Body Functions (b), Body Structure (s), Activity and Participation (d), and Environmental Factors (e), and each category is encoded in the alphanumeric system. Results: Th e ICF categories related to Body function (b) and Activity and Participation (d) were statistically signifi cantly related to the grip force of both hands in the way that the greater diffi culties in these two ICF categories were associated with a lower grip force (Table 1). Body function was associated with the grip force of the dominant hand (τ –0.25 ; P=0.042) and non- dominant hand (τ –0.38 ; P=0.002). Also, there was a strong association with categories of Activity and Participation for both hands (τ –0.41 ; P=0.001 – dominant hand and τ –0.40 ; P=0.001 – non- dominant hand). Similar results were obtained for right and left hand. (Table 2). For category of Body structure right hand showed negative correlation (τ –0.26 ; P=0.034), while results for left hand were lower and not statistically signifi cant (Table 2). Conclusions: In our group of patients with established RA by evaluating them through the dimensions of ICF, categories Body function an Activity and Participation showed good correlation with the hand grip strength.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

POVEZANOST RADA