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Table 1 Patients’ demographic characteristics, drug regimen and adherence to the protocol

From: Home-based exercise program for adolescents with juvenile dermatomyositis quarantined during COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study

Patient

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

Sex

F

M

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

Age (years)

10

10

11

11

12

12

14

16

17

19

18

BMI (kg/m2)

15.5

20.8

15.4

27.8

20.1

20.6

21.6

21.2

38.6

21.8

16.2

BMI percentile

25th

97th

15th

99th

85th

85th

75th

50th

99th

50th

3th

Duration of disease (years)

7

7

4

2

5

7

10

2

13

17

10

Prednisone dose (mg/kg/day)

–

–

–

0.16

0.11

–

–

0.51

–

–

–

Current use of other rheumatic drugs

HCQ, MTX

–

HCQ

HCQ, MTX

MTX

–

–

HCQ, MTX

–

–

HCQ

CMAS (0–52

52

52

52

52

NA

52

NA

52

52

NA

50

MMT (0–80)

80

80

80

80

NA

80

NA

80

80

NA

80

DAS (0–28)

0

0

4

0

NA

4

NA

0

3

NA

0

Adherence (%)

96.7

93.3

66.7

10.0

80.0

73.3

100

16.7

66.7

73.3

83.3

  1. *BMI body mass index, MTX methotrexate, HCQ hydroxychloroquine. BMI percentile classification: underweight: < Percentile 3; normal: ≥ Percentile 3 and < Percentile 85; overweight: ≥ Percentile 85 e < Percentile 97; obese: ≥ Percentile 97. CMAS: Childhood Muscle Assessment Scale; MMT: Manual Muscle Test; DAS: Disease Activity Score