Increase in stress contributes to impaired jaw function in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a two-year prospective study

Table 4 Psychosocial variables at baseline and change in these variables over a two-year period in 40 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Solely 23 patients (12-16 years of age) answered the questionnaire regarding depression, catastrophizing and stress

	Baseline				Changes over two years
		Percentile				Percentile
	Median	25:e	75:e	n	Median	25:e	75:e	n
CHAQ	0.25	0.00	0.50	40	0.00	-0.25	0.00	40
JADAS71	6.2	2.9	10.1	40	-3.1	-6.8	-0.9	40
Characteristic pain intensity	0	0	3	40	0	0	1.2	40
Pain-related disability	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
Depression	0	0	3	23	0	-1	0	23
Stress	10	2	20	23	-0.5	-11	0	23
Catastrophizing	9	3	16	23	-1	-10	0	23
Jaw function limitation	0	0	3	40	0	-3	0	40

n Number of observations, CHAQ Cchildhood Health Assessment Questionnaire, JADAS71 Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score based on 71-joint count, Characteristic pain intensity Subscale of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale, Pain-related disability Subscale of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale, Depression Assessed with Patient Health Questionnaire, Stress Asses with Perceived Stress Scale, Catastrophizing Assessed by Pain Catastrophizing Scale and jaw function limitation: was assessed by Jaw Function Limitation Scale

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