Quality of life in pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus in a specialized prenatal outpatient service

• Grant number: 17/16527-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2018
• End date: December 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Egberto Ribeiro Turato
• Grantee: Francisco Carlos Specian Junior
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects mainly women of reproductive age. Advances in therapeutic possibilities provide better life quality for women and increasing the number of pregnant women with the disease. However, pregnant women with LES still have further complications during pregnancy than women not affected by the disease. So, knowing the characteristics of life of these pregnant women can bring important information to improve service to these women in clinical services. Objectives: to evaluate the quality of life of pregnant women with LES in the third quarter of gestation in a specialized service of prenatal care. In addition, this project will discuss particularly in depth the psychological factors that may be compromising the quality of life of these women. Participants and methods: the research will occur through the application of the instrument, the WHOQOL-brief questionnaire. Fifty participants will be selected in the specialized prenatal service at the Center for Integral Attention to Women's Health, that attends the Brazialian Unified System of Health. The analysis of the data will take place through Biostatistics , considering the biopsicosocio-demographic variables, in addition to the variables already listed in the instrument rating of quality of life.