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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2021

The quality of life in Chinese juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients: psychometric properties of the pediatric quality of life inventor generic core scales and rheumatology module.

Hua-Hong Wu, Feng-Qi Wu, Yang Li, Jian-Ming Lai, Gai-Xiu Su, Shu-Hua Cui, Zheng Chen, Hui Li

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Hua-Hong WuDepartment of Growth and Development, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, YaBao Road, ChaoYang District, Beijing, 100020, China.
Feng-Qi WuDepartment of Rheumatism and Immunology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Yang LiDepartment of Growth and Development, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, YaBao Road, ChaoYang District, Beijing, 100020, China.
Jian-Ming LaiDepartment of Rheumatism and Immunology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Gai-Xiu SuDepartment of Rheumatism and Immunology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Shu-Hua CuiHebei Yanda Hospital, Yanjiao, Hebei, China.
Zheng ChenHebei Yanda Hospital, Yanjiao, Hebei, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Growth and Development, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, YaBao Road, ChaoYang District, Beijing, 100020, China. huiligrowth@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5270-8276
Capital Institute of Pediatrics · CNHebei General Hospital · CN

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Research Foundation of Capital Institute of Pediatrics QN-2019-11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundJuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may seriously affects patients' quality of life (QoL), but it was rarely focused and studied in China, so we explore JIA children's QoL using Chinese version of the PedsQL4.0 Generic Core and PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scale, and analyzed the psychometric properties of these two Scales among Chinese JIA children.

methodsWe recruited 180 JIA patients from Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics and Hebei Yanda Hospital from July 2018 to August 2019. The questionnaires include information related on JIA, PedsQL4.0 generic core and PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scales. According to the disease type, onset age of and course of JIA, we divided them into different groups, then compared the QoL status among different groups. Moreover, we analyzed the reliability and validity of these two scales in these 180 JIA children.

resultsThe mean score of PedsQL4.0 generic core scale on these 180 patients was 82.85 ± 14.82, for these in active period was 72.05 ± 15.29, in remission period was 89.77 ± 9.23; the QoL score of systemic, polyarticular and oligoarticular JIA patients were 77.05 ± 19.11, 84.33 ± 12.46 and 87.12 ± 10.23. The mean score of PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scale on 180 patients was 91.22 ± 9.45, for these in active period was 84.70 ± 11.37, in remission period was 95.43 ± 4.48; the QoL score of systemic, polyarticular and oligoarticular JIA patients were 89.41 ± 11.54, 89.38 ± 10.08 and 93.71 ± 6.92. In the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core scale, the α coefficients of total scale and almost every dimension are all greater than 0.8 except for the school activity dimension of 0.589; the correlation coefficients of 22 items' scores (total 23 items) with the scores of dimensions they belong to are greater than 0.5 (maximum value is 0.864), and the other one is 0.406. In PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scale, except for the treatment and worry dimensions of 0.652 and 0.635, the α coefficients of other dimensions and the total scale are all greater than 0.7; the correlation coefficients of all items' score were greater than 0.5 (the maximum is 0.933, the minimum is 0.515).

conclusionsThe QoL of Chinese JIA children is worse than their healthy peers, these in active period and diagnosed as systemic type were undergoing worst quality of life. The reliability and validity of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core and PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scale in Chinese JIA children are satisfactory, and can be used in clinical and scientific researches.

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Quality of LifeAdolescentArthritis, JuvenileChildChild, PreschoolChinaFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesTranslations

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