Nursing care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Revmatoidni artritis je kronična, avtoimunska, sistemska vnetna bolezen, ki prizadene zlasti sklepe, lahko pa tudi druge organske sisteme (Lestan, 2007, str.6). V diplomskem delu smo opisali revmatoidni artritis, zdravstveno negovalno oskrbo bolnika z revmatoidnim artritisom, z raziskavo pa ugotavljali ali redna telesna aktivnost lajša bolečine pri bolnikih z revmatoidnim artritisom, ali na nastanek in potek bolezni vplivajo dejavniki iz okolja in če revmatoidni artritis vpliva na izvajanje vsakodnevnih aktivnosti. Uporabili smo deskriptivno (opisno) metodo dela. S pomočjo študija domače in tuje literature ter internetnih virov smo predstavili teoretična ozhodišča. Opisali smo revmatizem, dejavnike tveganja za revmatizem in revmatizem tudi razdelili. Poudarek smo dali na revmatoidni artritis, predstavili smo epidemiologijo, etiopatogenezo, klinično sliko. Opisali smo zdravstveno nego bolnika z revmatoidnim artritisom in vlogo medicinske sestre pri obravnavi bolnika, prav tako svetovanje o načinu življenja. Podatke, ki smo jih uporabili v empiričnem delu diplomskega dela, smo zbrali s pomočjo ankete, ki smo jo izvedli v Društvu revmatikov Slovenije (Podružnica Maribor, sedež društva Ljubljana). Ugotovili smo, da večini anketirancev redna telesna aktivnost lajša bolečine, prav tako bolezen večino anketirancev omejuje pri vsakodnevnih aktivnostih. Anketiranci menijo, da na nastanek in potek bolezni ne vplivajo dejavniki iz okolja.Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune, systemic inflammatory disease, which particulary affects joints as well as other organ systems (Lestan, 2007, str. 6). In the diploma work we presented rheumatoid arthritis, health care treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients and with a survey we determined if regular exercise relieves pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, if environmental factors affect occurrence and course of the disease and if rheumatoid arthritis affects the every-day activities. We used descriptive method of work. Through the study of domestic and foreign literature and internet sources, we presented theoretical frameworks. We described rheumatism, risk factors for rheumatism and we also divided it. Emphasis was placed on rheumatoid arthritis, we presented the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, the clinical picture. We described the health care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the role of the nurse, equally advising about a healthy lifestyle. The data we used in the empirical part of the thesis were collected through a survey which was conducted in Društvo revmatikov Slovenije (branch Maribor, Society headquarters Ljubljana). We found out, that regular exercise relieves pain in most of the interviwees and in most of them disease limits their daily activities. The interviewees consider that environmental factors do not affect on the formation and course of the disease