Adding patient-reported outcomes to a multisite registry to quantify quality of life and experiences of disease and treatment for youth with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
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Wisk, Lauren E.
Salimian, Parissa K.
Magane, Kara M.
Dedeoglu, Fatma
Hersh, Aimee O.
Kimura, Yukiko
Ringold, Sarah
Natter, Marc
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Weitzman, Elissa R., Lauren E. Wisk, Parissa K. Salimian, Kara M. Magane, Fatma Dedeoglu, Aimee O. Hersh, Yukiko Kimura, Kenneth D. Mandl, Sarah Ringold, and Marc Natter. 2018. “Adding patient-reported outcomes to a multisite registry to quantify quality of life and experiences of disease and treatment for youth with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.” Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes 2 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/s41687-017-0025-2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41687-017-0025-2.Abstract
Background: Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) often have poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) despite advances in treatment. Patient-centered research may shed light on how patient experiences of treatment and disease contribute to HRQOL, pinpointing directions for improving care and enhancing outcomes. Methods: Parent proxies of youth enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry shared patient-reported outcomes about their child’s HRQOL and experiences of disease and treatment burden (pain interference, morning stiffness, history of medication side effects and methotrexate intolerance). Contributions of these measures to HRQOL were estimated using generalized estimating equations accounting for site and patient demographics. Results: Patients (N = 180) were 81.1% white non-Hispanic and 76.7% female. Mean age was 11.8 (SD = 3.6) years, mean disease duration was 7.7 years (SD = 3.5). Mean Total Pediatric Quality of Life was 76.7 (SD = 18.2). Mean pain interference score was 50.1 (SD = 11.1). Nearly one-in-five (17.8%) youth experienced >15 min of morning stiffness on a typical day, more than one quarter (26.7%) reported ≥1 serious medication side effect and among 90 methotrexate users, 42.2% met criteria for methotrexate intolerance. Measures of disease and treatment burden were independently negatively associated with HRQOL (all p-values <0.01). Negative associations among measures of treatment burden and HRQOL were attenuated after controlling for disease burden and clinical characteristics but remained significant. Conclusions: For youth with JIA, HRQOL is multidimensional, reflecting disease as well as treatment factors. Adverse treatment experiences undermine HRQOL even after accounting for disease symptoms and disease activity and should be assessed routinely to improve wellbeing. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s41687-017-0025-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.Other Sources
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