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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data and scores of the five CHAQ versions of patients and healthy controls.

From: Comparing different revisions of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire to reduce the ceiling effect and improve score distribution: Data from a multi-center European cohort study of children with JIA

 

JIA

Healthy

p-value

n

89

22

 

Age (years)

11.9 (2.7)

12.0 (2.7)

0.67

Sex (m/f)

19/70

12/10

 

Diagnosis (n =)

   

   PA

40

  

   SA

10

  

   PO

17

  

   EO

9

  

   OL

6

  

   Missing

7

  

Disease duration (years)

5.4 (3.6)

  

Disease activity (n = (%))

   

   Active

38 (43)

  

   Remission

49 (55)

  

   Missing

2 (2)

  

Medication (n = (%))

   

   None

14 (16)

  

   NSAID

43 (48)

  

   MTX

46 (52)

  

   Prednisolone

9 (10)

  

   Biologicals

24 (27)

  

Joint Involvement (median (IQR))

10 (10-30)

  

VAS Pain

2.7 (0-9.5)

  

VAS GA

2.5 (0-10)

  

CHAQ30orig

0.38 (0-2.13)

  
  1. Scores for VAS and CHAQ are presented as median and range. Values for age and disease duration are presented as mean and standard deviation.
  2. Polyarthritis; SA, Systemic Arthritis; PO, Persistent Oligoarthritis; EO, Extended Oligoarthritis; OL, Oligoartrhitis; VAS GA: Visual analogue scale global assessment of overall wellbeing. Joint involvement: percentage of joints affected by JIA.