Abstract
Fatigue was related to prednisone and methotrexate use as reported by patients and parents. Conclusion Sleep disturbance and fatigue are prevalent among children with different rheumatic diseases. Sleep disturbance and fatigue are strongly related to increases in pain and decreases in quality of life. Strategies aimed at improving sleep should be studied as possible ways of improving quality of life for children with rheumatic illness. from 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress London, UK. 14–17 September 2008
Highlights
Address: Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, HPME and PHS, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario, Canada
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.
Sleep was assessed by Sleep Self – Report (SSR) and Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaires (CSHQ)
Summary
Address: Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, HPME and PHS, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario, Canada. Published: 15 September 2008 Pediatric Rheumatology 2008, 6(Suppl 1):P51 doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-S1-P51. 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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