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<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>S2413-43412024000100002</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rpr/2024.10.01.2</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características clínicas de la infección por Chikungunya y su impacto en la calidad de vida de pacientes de centros asistenciales del Departamento Central en agosto del 2023]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical characteristics of Chikungunya infection and its impact on the quality of life of patients in health care centers in the Central Department in August 2023]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villalba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Emilio]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rocio]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hetter]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Eugenia Acosta de]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Pacífico Carrera de Medicina ]]></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>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>2</fpage>
<lpage>6</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2413-43412024000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2413-43412024000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2413-43412024000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción:  La enfermedad del Chikungunya es una arbovirosis, producida por el virus Alfavirus de la familia Togaviridae, transmitida por la picadura de mosquitos Aedes aegypti o Aedes albopictus. Objetivo: Determinar las características clínicas y la calidad de vida posterior a la infección por el virus de Chikungunya (CHIKV). Materiales y Métodos: estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transversal, de pacientes con CHIKV durante el mes de agosto de 2023. Se realizó un cuestionario, se midieron datos sociodemográficos, al diagnóstico de infección por CHIKV, duración de la enfermedad y manifestaciones clínicas. Se incluyó la versión española del &#8220;Cuestionario de calidad de vida SF-36&#8221;. Resultados: Participaron 192 personas que tuvieron chikungunya. La edad promedio de la población de estudio fue 36 +/- 13,62 años. El 53,65% fue del sexo femenino. Con respecto al estado de salud, tenían un peor estado de salud las mujeres (M: 68.93% vs H: 55,06%), empeorando con el aumento de la edad. Los síntomas más frecuentes fueron la fiebre y las poliartralgias. Conclusión: Todos los individuos presentan algún tipo de afectación en la calidad de vida, siendo más notorio en los dominios de rol físico, vitalidad y dolor.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction:  Chikungunya disease is an arboviroais, caused by an Alfavirus virus of the Togaviridae family, transmitted by Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Objective: To determine the clinical characteristics and quality of life after Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection. Materials and Methods: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study of patients with CHIKV during the month of August 2023. A questionnaire was carried out, sociodemographic data, diagnosis of CHIKV infection, duration of the disease and clinical manifestations were measured. The Spanish version of the &#8220;SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire&#8221; was included. Results: A group of 192 patients was evaluated during the study period. The average age of the study population was 36 +/- 13.62 years and 53.65% were female. Women reported worse health status (M: 68.93% vs. M: 55.06%) in general, and this increased with age. The most frequent symptoms were fever and polyarthralgia. Conclusion: All individuals reported some type of impairment in quality of life, particularly in the domains of physical role, vitality and pain.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></kwd>
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