نوع مقاله : مقاله های پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 استادیار، گروه روماتولوژی، دانشکدهی پزشکی، بیمارستان هاجر، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهر کرد، شهر کرد، ایران
2 دستیار، گروه داخلی، دانشکدهی پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران
3 استاد، گروه فارماکولوژی، دانشکدهی پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران
4 مربی، گروه پرستاری، دانشکدهی پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران
5 پزشک عمومی، شهرکرد، ایران
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کلیدواژهها
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نویسندگان [English]
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease which can cause articular destruction and disability in patients. Current therapies are relatively effective and sometimes harmful. Royal Jelly with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties may be used as an adjunct therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Royal Jelly on Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and morning stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Methods: According to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1987 classification criteria, 80 patients with RA, who had active disease (CDAI > 2.8), were randomly assigned to receive Royal Jelly or placebo beside background treatment for 3 months. Morning stiffness, tender joint count (TJC), swollen joint count (SJC), evaluator global assessment (EGA) and patient’s global assessment (PGA) [based on visual analogue scale (VAS)] were determined before and after 3 months of intervention. The changes in aforementioned indexes were analyzed by SPSS software.Findings: 65 patients completed the study (35 in Royal Jelly and 30 in placebo group). The sex, age, residence, disease duration and drug consumption had no significant changes (P > 0.050). In the first group, CDAI (P = 0.012), SJC (P = 0.024), TJC (P = 0.027), and morning stiffness (P = 0.004) had significant statistical changes; but only changes in morning stiffness were statistically different between the two groups (P < 0.05).Conclusion: Royal Jelly has good effect on morning stiffness but not on CDAI and may be a suitable adjunct therapy. Further studies may demonstrate more significant results.
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