Abstract
Background and aim The severity of joint disease in JIA can be quantified by counting the number of joints with swelling, tenderness/ pain on motion, and restricted motion, and by calculating, through these parameters, the number of active joints (NAJ). Alternatively, a global articular severity score (GASS) can be obtained by grading symptoms in each joint and summing the scores obtained in all joints. Although the former method is currently preferred, it is unclear which method is more advantageous to capture the impact of joint disease on child's health and wellbeing. We aimed to compare the ability of NAJ and GASS to capture the impact of joint disease on child's health and well-being by assessing their correlation with physician's, parent's and patient's subjective ratings and functional ability assessment.
Highlights
Background and aimThe severity of joint disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) can be quantified by counting the number of joints with swelling, tenderness/ pain on motion, and restricted motion, and by calculating, through these parameters, the number of active joints (NAJ)
15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress Wietse Kuis, Patricia Woo, Angelo Ravelli, Hermann Girschick, Michaël Hofer, Johannes Roth, Rotraud K Saurenmann, Alberto Martini, Pavla Dolezova, Janjaap van der Net, Pierre Quartier, Lucy Wedderburn and Jan Scott Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
The severity of joint disease in JIA can be quantified by counting the number of joints with swelling, tenderness/ pain on motion, and restricted motion, and by calculating, through these parameters, the number of active joints (NAJ)
Summary
Address: 1Dep Pediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy and 2Pediatria II, IRCCS G. Genova, Italy * Corresponding author from 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress London, UK. Published: 15 September 2008 Pediatric Rheumatology 2008, 6(Suppl 1):P111 doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-S1-P111. 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress Wietse Kuis, Patricia Woo, Angelo Ravelli, Hermann Girschick, Michaël Hofer, Johannes Roth, Rotraud K Saurenmann, Alberto Martini, Pavla Dolezova, Janjaap van der Net, Pierre Quartier, Lucy Wedderburn and Jan Scott Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
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