Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Abstract

Background: Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important outcome measure in understanding the impact of chronic illness Aim of the Work: We saught to measure the amplitude physical disability in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in relation to HRQOF Patients and Methods: This analytical cross sectional study was conducted on children with JIA following up at the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Clinic, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University in the period from may 2018 to may 2019 The sample included 119 patients who were enrolled consecutively by using The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM Version 4.0 (PedsQLTM). Results: Physical problem score showed negative statistic correlation with age, age at onset(years), diagnostic lag(month)and disease duration (years). Conclusion:. There is relation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis to physical problem in children among age ,age at onset and disease duration