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Do parent's global rating of well-being and disease activity of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis yield different information?
Pediatric Rheumatology volume 6, Article number: P103 (2008)
Background
The parents of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are traditionally asked to provide a global assessment of disease status by rating the child's overall level of well-being (WB) on a 10-cm visual analogue scale (VAS). However, it has been advised that this measure does not provide a precise assessment of DA because it is largely affected by the presence of disease damage. For this reason, it has been suggested to substitute the VAS for WB with a VAS assessing specifically the level of DA.
Objective
To compare the construct validity of parent's global assessment of WB (Par WB) and parent's global assessment of DA (Par DA) in JIA.
Materials and methods
A parent of 403 JIA patients seen between 2007 and 2008 was asked to rate in 723 visits the level of child's WB and DA on two separate VAS. Construct validity of the two scales was compared by assessing their Spearman's correlation with other JIA outcome measures.
Results
Table 1 shows Spearman's correlations.
Conclusion
Par WB and Par DA were highly correlated each other and their construct validity was very similar. These findings indicate that these two measures provide the same information and can, thus, be used interchangeably.
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Ullmann, N., Consolaro, A., Filocamo, G. et al. Do parent's global rating of well-being and disease activity of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis yield different information?. Pediatr Rheumatol 6 (Suppl 1), P103 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-6-S1-P103
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-6-S1-P103
Keywords
- Public Health
- Arthritis
- Visual Analogue Scale
- Disease Status
- Construct Validity