Factores psicosociales diferenciales de género en la artritis reumatoidesu influencia en el pronóstico de la enfermedad

Abstract

This is a cross sectional study between two homogeneous groups of male and female Rheumatoid Arthritis patients, trying to comprise all the different aspects related to this disease, pure biological factors, demographical ones, treatments, comorbidities, and other psychological issues to evaluate if there are gender differences in the quality of life or disability between both groups and which factors are the cause of these differences. In our study, we have not found any differences in the biological aspects of the disease but we have found differences in various demographical data and a different comorbid profile between them and a worse quality of life and more disability in the female group maybe associated to the depression or osteoporosis more prevalent in this group and maybe a worse illness behaviour in this group with respect to the male patient group.