Risk Factor Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Occurrence toward Community in Working Area of Palau Barring Lompoc Community Health Centre of Makassar City
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is one of the biggest health problems in the world, both in developed and developing countries. This disease cause swelling toward synovium, where the swelling can cause cartilage and bone damage which later could affect the other joint functions. in other hand, this disease also impacted on comorbidities for other diseases such as increased risk of infection, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases including atrial fibration, srtoke, and other autoimmune diseases. This research aims to determine the risk factors of RA occurrence upon the community in the work area of Pulau Barrang Lompo Community Health Centre in Makassar. The type of this research is analytic observational, with case control study design that held in work area of Pulau Barrang Lompo Community Health Centre, that is in Barrang Island Lompo and Barrang Caddi Island. The number of sample in this research consist of 49 in case group and 98 in control group. The sample was determined using exhaustive sampling technique for case group and purposive sampling for control group. Data were analyzed using Odds Ratio test and multiple logistic regression. The results showed that risk factors for the occurrence of RA were family history (OR = 4,675; CI95%: 1,940-11,267) and the salt consumption (OR = 2,847; 95% CI: 1,201-6,748). In this research, the most risky factor for RA occurrence is low level of education (OR = 8,677; 95% CI: 1,022-73,635).
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Febry Ramadhani, Andi Zulkifli, Suriah .
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