Application of Rasch analysis to the parent adherence report questionnaire in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Table 1 Demographic and disease related characteristics of the families included in the analyses for the PARQ

Characteristics	PARQ data
Characteristics	n = 235 parents of children with JIA^a
Children’s sex, female, n (%)	169 (71.91)
Children’s age, years, mean (SD)	10.80 (4.19)
Disease duration, years, mean (SD)	4.66 (3.79)
Disease severity, AJC, mean (SD)	1.62 (3.37)
HRQOL, mean (SD)^b	2.20 (1.12)
Pain, mean (SD)^c	17.18 (22.81)

SD standard deviation, AJC active joint count
^aThe sample size includes families involved in the two studies: families of 180 children and 55 children
^bOn a scale from 1 to 7, 7 being a worse HRQOL
^cOn a visual analog scale from 0 to 100, 100 being worse pain

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