Is time a healer? How quality of life changes over time reported by parents of children and young people with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

Children and young people with JIA have low HRQoL across domains compared with the reference population. This improves within 3 years of diagnosis, with the greatest improvement within the first year. Early, developmentally-appropriate clinical intervention is recommended to reduce both psychosocial and physical impact of JIA. The lower HRQoL scores of females requires further investigation.