Pain Interference in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Objective Despite treatment advances, pain remains a serious problem for many children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). To better understand pain in children with JIA and identify potentially modifiable factors, this study evaluated Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Pain Interference (PI) and its relationships with other pain measures and demographic, clinical, psychosocial, and functional variables. Methods This cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study used descriptive statistics and a mix of bivariate and multivariable analyses to describe PI and characterize relationships with other measures and variables. Results Among 355 children with JIA, 27% reported moderate or severe PI and 13.3% reported daily pain. PI correlated with other pain measures. Increasing age, decreasing disease duration, and increasing number of active joints, as well as presence of active disease, steroid treatment, and biologic treatment, were associat
