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Table 2 Characteristics of individuals with and without JIA stratified by presence of any psychological disorder

From: Mental comorbidities in adolescents and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an analysis of German nationwide health insurance data

Variable

JIA

Controls

Total (n=628)

any psychological disorders

no psychological disorders

any psychological disorders

no psychological disorders

(n=96)

(n=532)

(n=513)

(n=5,757)

Sociodemographic data

 Age, years, mean (SD)

16.1 (2.5)

16.3 (2.6)

16.1 (2.5)

16.5 (2.5)

16.1 (2.5)

 Female, no. (%)

446 (71)

74 (77.1)

372 (69.9)

414 (81)

4046 (70)

JIA category, no. (%)

 Polyarthritis, adult type

97 (15)

12 (12)

85 (16)

-

-

 Polyarthritis, RF-negative

195 (31)

24 (25)

171 (32)

-

-

 Systemic JIA

67 (11)

8 (8.3)

59 (11)

-

-

 Oligoarthritis

94 (15)

19 (20)

75 (14)

-

-

 Psoriatic arthritis

21 (3.3)

4 (4.2)

17 (3.2)

-

-

 Enthesitis-related arthritis/juvenile spondyloarthritis

57 (9.1)

13 (13)

44 (8.3)

-

-

 Other juvenile arthritis

97 (15)

16 (16)

81 (15)

-

-

Antirheumatic therapy, no. (%)

 Any bDMARD

371 (59)

62 (65)

309 (58)

1 (0.2)

6 (0.1)

 Any csDMARD

321 (51)

45 (47)

276 (52)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.0)

 Any tsDMARD

9 (1.4)

0 (0)

9 (1.9)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 Any NSAID

294 (47)

55 (57)

239 (45)

92 (18)

712 (12)

 Systemic GCs

190 (30)

36 (37)

154 (29)

12 (2.3)

111 (1.9)

 GCs monotherapy

74 (11.8)

10 (10)

64 (12)

12 (2.3)

110 (1.9)

Therapy related to psych. disorder, no. (%)

 Psycholeptics (N05)

9 (1.4)

5 (5.2)

4 (0.8)

36 (7.0)

33 (0.6)

  Antipsychotics (N05A)

2 (0.3)

2 (2.1)

0 (0)

28 (5.5)

20 (0.3)

  Anxiolytics (N05B)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (0.8)

9 (0.2)

  Sedatives (N05C)

7 (1.1)

3 (3.1)

4 (0.8)

16 (3.1)

6 (0.1)

  Homeopathic psycholeptics (N05H)

 

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 Psychoanaleptics (N06)

40 (6.4)

24 (25)

16 (3.0)

140 (27)

118 (2.0)

  Antidepressants (N06A)

25 (3.9)

20 (21)

5 (0.9)

106 (21)

40 (0.7)

  Non-selective monoamine reuptake inhibitors (N06AA)

9 (1.4)

6 (6.3)

3 (0.5)

14 (2.7)

16 (0.3)

  Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (N06AB)

15 (2.4)

13 (13)

2 (0.2)

83 (16)

18 (0.3)

 Pediatric psychotherapy

71 (11)

49 (51)

22 (4.1)

241 (47)

96 (1.7)

 Pediatric psychiatry

37 (5.9)

18 (19)

19 (3.6)

158 (31)

160 (2.8)

 Drugs (N05/N06) or psychotherapy

105 (17)

65 (68)

40 (7.5)

331 (64)

220 (3.8)

  1. JIA Juvenile idiopathic Arthritis, RF- Rheumatoid factor-negative, RF+ Rheumatoid factor-positive, DMARD Disease modifying antirheumatic drug, bDMARD Biological DMARD, csDMARD Conventional synthetic DMARD, tsDMARD targeted synthetic DMARD, NSAIDs Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, GCs Glucocorticoids, SD Standard deviation