Adherence in young people living with juvenile arthritis: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the leading causes of chronic pain in pediatric patients. Treatment regimens, which are critical to symptom management, can be burdensome, involving medication with potentially aversive side effects and exercise that can cause joint pain. Thus, it is important to examine the barriers and facilitators to adherence in JIA. While systematic reviews exist for rheumatic disease in adults, there has not yet been a synthesis of the literature examining adherence in JIA.

Methods

PsychINFO, PubMed and MEDLINE databases were systematically searched to identify qualitative and quantitative empirical studies that investigate adherence for JIA. Keywords included: patient compliance OR adherence OR persistence; youth OR children OR j

SUBMITTER: Nelson CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11415228 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature