Health-related quality of life and disability in adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: comparison with adult-onset rheumatic diseases.

Filipa Oliveira-RamosAna RodriguesFernando Magalhaes MartinsAna Teresa MeloFrancisca AguiarLuisa BritesSoraia AzevedoAna Catarina DuarteCarolina FurtadoAna Filipa MourãoGraça SequeiraInês CunhaRicardo FigueiraJose Antonio Melo GomesMaria Jose SantosJoao Eurico Fonseca

Published in: RMD open (2022)

Persistent oligoarticular JIA and ERA are the JIA categories in adulthood with better HRQoL. Overall, adult polyarticular and patients with ERA JIA have lower functional impairment and better quality-of-life than patients with RA and SpA.

Keyphrases

juvenile idiopathic arthritis
disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
multiple sclerosis
depressive symptoms
ankylosing spondylitis
early life
clinical evaluation