Researchers in rheumatology should avoid categorization of continuous predictor variables

Z Salis, B Gallego, A Sainsbury - BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023 - Springer
Background Rheumatology researchers often categorize continuous predictor variables. We
aimed to show how this practice may alter results from observational studies in …

Drivers of non-zero physician global scores during periods of inactive disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

A Alongi, G Giancane, R Naddei, V Natoli, F Ridella… - RMD open, 2022 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the frequency in which the physician provides a global assessment
of disease activity (PhGA)> 0 and an active joint count (AJC)= 0 in children with juvenile …

Disease activity trajectories from childhood to adulthood in the population-based Nordic juvenile idiopathic arthritis cohort

V Rypdal, M Glerup, M Rypdal, E Arnstad, K Aalto… - RMD open, 2024 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives To identify long-term disease activity trajectories from childhood to adulthood by
using the clinical Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (cJADAS10) in juvenile idiopathic …

Discordant Perception of Disease Activity Between Providers and Adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Cohort Study

Z Mian, T Calistro, K Rapoza, SS Berkowitz… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Discordance in perception of disease activity between adolescent patients with lupus and
their providers may influence disease outcomes. We found that patients endorsed higher …

A real-life study of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis from two Brazilian Centers of Pediatric Rheumatology

ANAML TERRAZAS, G CLEMENTE, RG Suárez… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease
in childhood, but its outcomes are still difficult to determine. We aimed to obtain outcome …

Prediction of unfavorable outcome in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and assessment of the long-term outcomes in JIA-associated uveitis–A prospective Nordic …

VG Rypdal - 2021 - munin.uit.no
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic childhood disease with joint inflammation as
the main feature. The course and outcomes are heterogeneous with a large span in disease …

POS0334 DRIVERS OF NON-ZERO PHYSICIAN GLOBAL SCORES DURING PERIODS OF INACTIVE DISEASE IN JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS

AIR Giménez, A Alongi, G Giancane, R Naddei… - Annals of the Rheumatic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The ACR provisional criteria for defining inactive disease (ID) in Juvenile
Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) requires that the physician's global assessment of disease activity …