The patient's voice: a cross-sectional study of physical health and disability in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With increasing focus on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in chronic rheumatic diseases, we aimed to evaluate the self-reported physical and psychosocial health in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) compared to matched population-based controls. Furthermore, we aimed to study the association of patient- and physician-reported outcome measures in JIA with patient-reported physical disability.

Methods

We used data from a Norwegian JIA cohort study (NorJIA), including clinical characteristics and outcome measures in participants with JIA and sex- and age-matched population-based controls. Self-reported physical and psychosocial health were assessed using the generic Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). Comparisons between children with JIA and co

SUBMITTER: Arneng SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572323 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature