Juvenile-onset inflammatory arthritis: a study of adolescents' beliefs about underlying cause.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients' beliefs regarding the cause of illness may influence treatment adherence and long-term outcome. Little is known of adolescents' beliefs regarding the cause of JIA. This study aims to identify adolescents' beliefs about the underlying cause of their arthritis at first presentation to the paediatric rheumatology department.

Methods

One hundred and twenty-two adolescents aged ≥11 years participating in the larger prospective Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study, an inception cohort of childhood-onset inflammatory arthritis, were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding underlying beliefs about their arthritis. The top-listed causes were identified, and associations between beliefs and characteristics of the adolescents and their arthritis were compared a

SUBMITTER: Cordingley L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3510429 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature