INFLUENCE OF DIET ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Revmatoidni artritis je sistemska vnetna bolezen avtoimunske narave, ki prizadene sklepe in omeji gibalne sposobnosti bolnika. V diplomski nalogi je predstavljena vloga pravilne prehrane in vpliv posameznih vrst živil na življenje bolnikov z revmatoidnim artritisom. Predstavljena je tudi vloga medicinske sestre pri zdravstveno vzgojnem delu o pravilni prehrani bolnikov in upoštevanje navodil medicinskih sester glede svetovane prehrane s strani bolnikov. Z anketo medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov na Oddelku za revmatologijo Univerzitetnega kliničnega centra Maribor je podana raziskava med zaposlenimi o vplivu pravilne hrane na kakovost življenja bolnikov z revmatoidnim artritisom. V raziskavi so se anketiranci opredeljevali do posameznih živil, ki bi lahko vplivala na počutje bolnika. Ugotovili smo, da po mnenju medicinskih sester prehrana močno vpliva na počutje in bolezensko okrevanje bolnikov z revmatoidnim artritisom.Rheumatoid arthritis is a systematic inflammatory disease of autoimmune nature, which affects the joints and limits patient\u27s movement abilities. The diploma presents the role of proper nutrition and certain food types effects on the life of the rheumatoid arthritis patients. The diploma also presents nurses’ role in the health educational work on the correct nutrition of patients in compliance with nurses’ instructions on the advised diet to the patients. With the survey of nurses at the Department of Rheumatology at the University Medical Centre Maribor a research among the employees was done on effects of proper nutrition on the quality of life of rheumatoid arthritis patients. In the study, the respondents were defining individual food types, which could affect the well-being of the patient. We found out that according to the nurses\u27 view nutrition has a major impact on well-being in the medical recovery of the rheumatoid arthritis patients