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Rheumatol Int ; 34(9): 1299-309, 2014 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24682426

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to validate a culturally sensitive adaptation of the community-oriented program for the control of rheumatic diseases (COPCORD) methodology in several Latin American indigenous populations. The COPCORD Spanish questionnaire was translated and back-translated into seven indigenous languages: Warao, Kariña and Chaima (Venezuela), Mixteco, Maya-Yucateco and Raramuri (Mexico) and Qom (Argentina). The questionnaire was administered to almost 100 subjects in each community with the assistance of bilingual translators. Individuals with pain, stiffness or swelling in any part of the body in the previous 7 days and/or at any point in life were evaluated by physicians to confirm a diagnosis according to criteria for rheumatic diseases. Overall, individuals did not understand the use of a 0-10 visual analog scale for pain intensity and severity grading and preferred a Likert scale comprising four items for pain intensity (no pain, minimal pain, strong pain, and intense pain). They were unable to discriminate between pain intensity and pain severity, so only pain intensity was included. For validation, 702 subjects (286 male, 416 female, mean age 42.7 ± 18.3 years) were interviewed in their own language. In the last 7 days, 198 (28.2 %) subjects reported having musculoskeletal pain, and 90 (45.4 %) of these had intense pain. Compared with the physician-confirmed diagnosis, the COPCORD questionnaire had 73.8 % sensitivity, 72.9 % specificity, a positive likelihood ratio of 2.7 and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.73. The COPCORD questionnaire is a valid screening tool for rheumatic diseases in indigenous Latin American populations.


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American Indian or Alaska Native/psychology , Culturally Competent Care , Pain Measurement , Surveys and Questionnaires , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Area Under Curve , Comprehension , Cultural Characteristics , Female , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice/ethnology , Humans , Latin America/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Predictive Value of Tests , ROC Curve , Reproducibility of Results , Rheumatic Diseases/diagnosis , Rheumatic Diseases/ethnology , Rheumatic Diseases/psychology , Severity of Illness Index , Translating , Young Adult
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Arch. Hosp. Vargas ; 38(3/4): 145-50, jul.-dic. 1996. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-199220

ABSTRACT

La neuropatía autonómica cardiovascular es una complicación frecuente en pacientes diabéticos, que implica un incremento en la mortalidad y morbilidad. Se estudiaron 30 pacientes diabéticos no insulino dependientes entre 35 y 68 años (15 masculinos y 15 femeninos) y 30 controles sanos entre 35 y 65 años (18 masculinos y 12 femenino) no diabéticos a quienes fue realizado electrocardiograma convencional, pruebas de Rines Valcardi (RV), igualmente se evaluaron signos y síntomas de neuropatía autonómica no cardiovascular. El promedio de puntuación RV fue menor (14,4) en los diabéticos que en el grupo control (31,7) (p<0,010). Para frecuencia cardíaca, los pacientes diabéticos presentaron mayor promedio (83,9) que los controles (77,9) (p<0,052) y dentro del grupo de diabéticos, la frecuencia cardíaca fue mayor en pacientes con RV<15 (89,4) en comparación con aquella de los pacientes con RV>15 (78,4) (p<0,016). No se encontraron diferencias significativas para la edad en ambos grupos. Se encontró una relación negativa significativa (p<0,05) entre el RV con la edad, la frecuencia cardíaca y los años de evolución de la enfermedad en pacientes diabéticos, comparando los pacientes con RV<15 con aquellos con RV>15 se encontraron lo siguientes valores: síntomas de hipotensión postural 40,0 y 6,7 por ciento (p<0,040); pérdida de sensación miccional matutina 53,3 y 20,0 por ciento (p<0,064); diarreas periódicas nocturnas 40,0 y 20,0 por ciento (ns); impotencia 44,4 y 0,0 por ciento (p<0,092), respectivamente. El 50 por ciento de los pacientes diabéticos presentaron Neuropatía Autonómica Cardiovascular determinada por el método de Rines Valcardi


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Cardiology , Diabetes Mellitus/prevention & control , Diabetic Neuropathies/diagnosis , Autonomic Nervous System/pathology
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