Comparing Proxy, Adolescent, and Adult Assessments of Functional Ability in Adolescents With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Agreement between Proxy and Adolescent Assessment of Disability, Pain, and Well-Being in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

OBJECTIVES Adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis have demonstrated substantial disagreement with their proxy's assessment of their disability, pain, and well-being. Our objective was to describe the clinical and psychological factors associated with discordance. STUDY DESIGN This analysis included 204 proxy-adolescent (median age, 13 years) dyads that completed a Childhood Health Ass...

Agreement between physicians and parents in rating functional ability of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

OBJECTIVE To investigate concordance between physicians and parents in rating the degree of functional ability of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS The attending physician and a parent were asked to rate independently the level of physical functioning of 155 patients with disease duration >/= 5 years on a 6-point scale ranging from 1 = no disability (i.e. the child ca...

Pain threshold in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and fibromyalgia

Introduction Pain is a frequent complaint in pediatric practice and is present in several chronic organic diseases, such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). While JIA patients show symptoms such as inflammation of the joints and other structures, such as the heart and eyes, patients with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain (IMP) experience a painful condition that is not associated with presenc...

Clinical and Serological Findings in Juvenile Patients with Idiopathic Arthritis in Southwestern of Iran

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe clinical features and serological findings of children with idiopathic arthritis in south-western Iran.Methods: This descriptive study included 60 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who were referred to a pediatric rheumatology clinic at a university hospital during 6-month period. Initial manifestations, first laboratory tests an...

Illness representations and the relationship with functional status in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis