Abstract

MARTINEZ-SANCHEZ, Lina María; CARDONA-VELEZ, Jonathan; RAMIREZ-PULGARIN, Sergio  and  RODRIGUEZ-GAZQUEZ, María de los Ángeles. Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with hemophilia in Liga de Hemofilicos de Antioquia (Colombia). Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2017, vol.23, n.1, pp.34-37. ISSN 0122-0667.

Introduction: Hemophilia is a hereditary hemorrhagic disorder characterized by the absence or deficiency of factors VIII and IX of the coagulation. Objective. To determine the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with hemophilia recorded in the Liga de Hemofilicos de Antioquia (LIHEA) during 2005-2011. Methodology. Descriptive transversal study, population were patients with hemophilia from LIHEA which met selection criteria. We designed a data collection instrument and applied the attitude instrument in patients with hemophilia (MAPACHE). The quantitative variables were analyzed using measures of central tendency and dispersion, the qualitative variables were estimated absolute frequencies, proportions and reasons. This research had the respective ethical guarantee. Results. We included 36 men with hemophilia, with a median of 22 years of age. In terms of the personal history, the most frequent were hypertension (8.3%) and thrombophlebitis (5.6%). Sedentariness was the most common lifestyle risk factor (8.3%). The most frequent clinical manifestations were hemarthrosis (94.4%), muscle hematomas (80.6%) and ecchymosis (77.8%). In half of the patients, disease generated some kind of disability, being the most common the physics (44.4%). The most common drug treatment was prophylactic factor VIII with 88.9 %, accompanied by swimming as the main non-pharmacological treatment with 77.8 %. Respect MAPACHE, the 30.6% expressed a negative attitude towards the disease, a 5.6% was neutral and the 63.9% was positive. Conclusion. Hemophilia is still a disease of great physical and emotional implications for studied patients who suffer it

Keywords : Hemophilia A; Hemophilia B; Hemorrhage; Blood Coagulation Factors.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )