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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2413-4341</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Paraguaya de Reumatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. parag. reumatol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2413-4341</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Reumatología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2413-43412021000100023</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rpr/2021.07.01.23</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Relación entre el cambio meteorológico y el dolor articular en un grupo de individuos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Relationship between meteorological change and joint pain in a group of individuals]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raquel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Plett]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Annelie]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benegas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eric]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Anthon]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ayala]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nicolás]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Perez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Stanley]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Idalina]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Cátedra de Biofísica]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>7</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>23</fpage>
<lpage>26</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2413-43412021000100023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2413-43412021000100023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2413-43412021000100023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN: Introducción: El dolor articular puede estar influenciado por la obesidad, el sedentarismo, problemas reumáticos o cirugías articulares previas, pero muchas personas a menudo atribuyen el aumento del dolor articular a los patrones climáticos cambiantes. Existen incluso individuos que afirman que la relación es tan real que pueden predecir los cambios climáticos por sus síntomas. Materiales y método: estudio observacional, transversal y analítico. Se basó en la realización de una encuesta con variables clínicas (i.e. edad, antecedentes patológicos) y datos relacionados al dolor y al cambio meteorológico que pudiera estar asociado al dolor. Para el análisis estadístico descriptivo se utilizaron las medias y los desvíos estándar, las frecuencias y porcentajes. Para el estudio de asociación entre la presencia de dolor previo o durante el cambio meteorológico y factores asociados, se utilizó el test de X2 y el OR con su IC respectivo. Se consideró como una p estadísticamente significativa a valores menores a 0,05. Resultados: Se incluyó a 147 individuos, el 59,9% (88/147) de los encuestados fue de género femenino, los encuestados fueron divididos en dos grupos, adulto joven y adulto maduro, de acuerdo a un rango de edad, donde el 46,26% pertenecían al grupo adulto joven y 53,74% al grupo adulto maduro. El 39,46% (58/147) refirieron dolor antes de un cambio meteorológico. De los pacientes que manifestaron dolor, el 55,5 % (32/58) manifestó como zona de dolor más frecuente la rodilla. No se constató una asociación estadísticamente significativa entre la presencia del dolor previo a el cambio meteorológico específico (i.e. la variación de temperatura o la presencia de lluvia). Sin embargo, se observó una asociación entre la presencia de dolor previo al cambio de temperatura y el grupo etario de adulto maduro (p=0.008, OR= 0.398 IC= 0.200-0.792). No se constató asociación entre la presencia del dolor y otras características clínicas referidas por los encuestados. Conclusión: Se encontró que la mayoría de los encuestados del grupo de adulto mayor percibe dolor en las articulaciones previo a un cambio meteorológico. Con mayor frecuencia el grupo de adulto maduro manifiesta algún dolor; a diferencia del grupo adulto joven que en su mayoría no presenta dolor previo al cambio climático.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT: introduction: joint pain can be influenced by obesity, sedentary lifestyle, rheumatic conditions, or previous joint surgeries, but many people often attribute increased joint pain to changing weather patterns. there are even individuals who claim that they can predict weather changes by their symptoms. materials and method: observational, cross-sectional, analytical study. a survey documenting clinical variables (i.e. age, pathological history) and data related to pain and meteorological changes that could be associated with pain were documented. descriptive statistical analysis was performed. the association between the presence of pain prior to or during the meteorological change and associated factors, was evaluated by nx2 test and the or with its respective ci. values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. results: 147 individuals were included, 59.9% (88/147) of the respondents were female. the respondents were divided into two groups, young adult and mature adult, according to an age range. forty six percent belonged to the young adult group and 53.74% to the mature adult group. a total of 39.46% (58/147) reported pain before a meteorological change. of the patients who reported pain, 55.5% (32/58) reported the knee as the most frequent area of pain. there was no statistically significant association between the presence of pain prior to a specific meteorological change (i.e. temperature variation or the presence of rain). however, an association was observed between the presence of pain prior to temperature change and mature adult age group (p=0.008, or=0.398 ci= 0.20-0.79). no association was found between the presence of pain and other clinical characteristics reported by the respondents. conclusion: the majority of respondents in the older adult group perceived joint pain prior to a change in the weather. the mature adult group manifested some pain more frequently. the young adult group mostly did not report pain prior to weather change.]]></p></abstract>
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