Does removal of aids/devices and help make a difference in the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index?

C. Saad-Magalhães; A. Pistorio; A. Ravelli; G. Filocamo; S. Viola; R. Brik; D. Mihaylova; R. Ten Cate; B. Andersson-Gare; V. Ferriani; K. Minden; P. Hashkes; M. Rygg; M. J. Sauvain; H. Venning; A. Martini; N. Ruperto

doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097592

Does removal of aids/devices and help make a difference in the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index?

C. Saad-Magalhães, A. Pistorio, A. Ravelli, G. Filocamo, S. Viola, R. Brik, D. Mihaylova, R. Ten Cate, B. Andersson-Gare, V. Ferriani, K. Minden, P. Hashkes, M. Rygg, M. J. Sauvain, H. Venning, A. Martini, N. Ruperto

Istituto "Giannina Gaslini"

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Abstract

Objective: To assess whether the removal of aids/ devices and/or help from another person in the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (C-HAQ) leads to a significant change in the disability index (DI) score and responsiveness in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods: Changes in the C-HAQ DI score in a crosssectional sample of 2663 children with JIA and in 530 active patients with JIA in a trial of methotrexate (MTX) were compared. Results: Patients in the MTX trial had higher disease activity and disability than the cross-sectional sample. The frequency of aids/devices (range 1.2-10.2%) was similar between the two samples, while help (range 5.3-38.1%) was more frequently used in the MTX group. Correlation between disease severity variables and the two different C-HAQ DI scoring methods did not change substantially. There was a decrease in the C-HAQ DI score for both the cross-sectional (mean score from 0.64 with the original method to 0.54 without aids/devices and help, p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-87
Number of pages	6
Journal	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Volume	69
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2008.097592
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Rheumatology
Immunology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Immunology and Allergy

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Saad-Magalhães, C., Pistorio, A., Ravelli, A., Filocamo, G., Viola, S., Brik, R., Mihaylova, D., Ten Cate, R., Andersson-Gare, B., Ferriani, V., Minden, K., Hashkes, P., Rygg, M., Sauvain, M. J., Venning, H., Martini, A., & Ruperto, N. (2010). Does removal of aids/devices and help make a difference in the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index? Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 69(1), 82-87. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2008.097592

Saad-Magalhães, C, Pistorio, A , Ravelli, A, Filocamo, G, Viola, S, Brik, R, Mihaylova, D, Ten Cate, R, Andersson-Gare, B, Ferriani, V, Minden, K, Hashkes, P, Rygg, M, Sauvain, MJ, Venning, H, Martini, A & Ruperto, N 2010, 'Does removal of aids/devices and help make a difference in the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index?', Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 82-87. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2008.097592

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