Modern medicinsk behandling har förbättrat livssituationen för unga med juvenil idiopatisk artrit. Långtidsuppföljning av två patientkohorter
Engelsk titel: Modern pharmacological treatments improved life for young people with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Long-term follow up of two patient cohorts
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Författare:
Bengtsson, Charlotte
;
Öjehagen, Agneta
Email: charlotte.bengtsson@skane.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 16
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 18030349
Sammanfattning
Inpatients, similar age and sex, treated at an age > 15, group 1 in 1982, group 2 in 1996, were followed up after >10 years, with the same semi-structured telephone-interviews and self-ratings questionnaires; HAQ, ISSI, SAS-SR, SCL-90-R.
Group 2 showed better functioning (HAQ), had more often fulltime work (53% vs 30%), and were more often married (55% vs 34%). Both groups had few psychiatric symptoms (SCL-90) and a satisfying network (ISSI). Group 1 patients were almost adult before methotrexate was used, while many in group 2 had got that treatment almost from disease onset. At follow up none in group 1 was treated with biological drugs versus 38% in group 2.