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OBJECTIVES: Pain is a very common symptom of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Disease activity alone cannot explain symptoms of pain in all children, suggesting other factors may be relevant. The objectives of this study were to describe the different patterns of pain experienced over time in children with JIA and to identify predictors of which children are likely to experience ongoing pain.METHODS: This study used longitudinal-data from patients (aged 1-16 years) with new-onset JIA. Baseline and up to 5-year follow-up pain data from the Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study (CAPS) were used. A two-step approach was adopted. First, pain trajectories were modelled using a discrete mixture model. Second, multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the association between variables and trajectories.RESULTS: Data from 851 individuals were included (4 years, median follow-up). A three-group trajectory model was identified: consistently low pain (n=453), improved pain (n=254) and consistently high pain (n=144). Children with improved pain or consistently high pain differed on average at baseline from consistently low pain. Older age at onset, poor function/disability and longer disease duration at baseline were associated with consistently high pain compared with consistently low pain. Early increases in pain and poor function/disability were also associated with consistently high pain compared with consistently low pain.CONCLUSIONS: This study has identified routinely collected clinical factors, which may indicate those individuals with JIA at risk of poor pain outcomes earlier in disease. Identifying those at highest risk of poor pain outcomes at disease onset may enable targeted pain management strategies to be implemented early in disease thus reducing the risk of poor pain outcomes.
Author(s): Rashid A, Cordingley L, Carrasco R, Foster HE, Baildam EM, Chieng A, Davidson JE, Wedderburn LR, Ioannou Y, McErlane F, Verstappen SMM, Hyrich KL, Thomson W
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
Year: 2018
Volume: 103
Issue: 5
Pages: 437-443
Print publication date: 01/05/2018
Online publication date: 25/11/2017
Acceptance date: 25/10/2017
Date deposited: 08/11/2018
ISSN (print): 0003-9888
ISSN (electronic): 1468-2044
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313337
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313337
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