Assessment and Management of Pain in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a common chronic childhood illness. Pain is the most common and distressing symptom of JIA. Pain has been found to negatively impact all aspects of functioning, including physical, social, emotional and role functions. Children with arthritis continue to experi...

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Main Authors: Jennifer N Stinson, Nadia JC Luca, Lindsay A Jibb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/237258
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description Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a common chronic childhood illness. Pain is the most common and distressing symptom of JIA. Pain has been found to negatively impact all aspects of functioning, including physical, social, emotional and role functions. Children with arthritis continue to experience clinically significant pain despite adequate doses of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and anti-inflammatory agents. The present article reviews the prevalence and nature of pain in JIA, the biopsychosocial factors that contribute to the pain experience, current approaches to assessing pain in this population, and ways of managing both acute and persistent pain using pharmacological, physical and psychological therapies. Finally, new approaches to delivering disease self-management treatment for youth with JIA using the Internet will be outlined.
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spelling doaj-art-512f08d0146f45c8b1e3b4220d1fcd202025-08-20T03:36:37ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652012-01-0117639139610.1155/2012/237258Assessment and Management of Pain in Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisJennifer N Stinson0Nadia JC Luca1Lindsay A Jibb2Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaJuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a common chronic childhood illness. Pain is the most common and distressing symptom of JIA. Pain has been found to negatively impact all aspects of functioning, including physical, social, emotional and role functions. Children with arthritis continue to experience clinically significant pain despite adequate doses of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and anti-inflammatory agents. The present article reviews the prevalence and nature of pain in JIA, the biopsychosocial factors that contribute to the pain experience, current approaches to assessing pain in this population, and ways of managing both acute and persistent pain using pharmacological, physical and psychological therapies. Finally, new approaches to delivering disease self-management treatment for youth with JIA using the Internet will be outlined.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/237258
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