Evaluation of Functional and Joint Health and Associated Factors in Adults With Hemophilia From a Developing Country With Government-Backed Efforts to Improve Hemophilia Care

Conclusion FISH and HJHS showed favorable scores despite being performed in a country with unfavorable socioeconomic conditions. In addition to hemophilia severity and age, monthly household income was independently associated with functional and articular state of PwH. The results highlight the importance of the free provision of coagulation factors in Brazil.PMID:37417806 | DOI:10.7812/TPP/23.009

Source: The Permanente journal - July 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Beatriz Mac Dowell Soares Aline Mizusaki Imoto Alexandre Jorge Teixeira Ribeiro Luiz Alberto Simeoni Karlo Jozefo Quadros de Almeida Lucas Barbosa Bezerra Melina Swain Braverman S érgio Eduardo Soares Fernandes Ana Maria Costa F ábio Ferreira Amorim Source Type: research