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Functioning and quality of life as perspectives of health in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in early adulthood : measurement and long-te…

2006

First aim of this study entity was to evaluate the results of treatment and rehabilitation in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The long-term health outcomes in the early adulthood were evaluated in the framework of the International classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF). The second aim of this study entity was to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of two multidimensional measures of functioning which were used in the outcome evaluations.For the outcome evaluations young adult patients with JIA were gathered from the patient files of the Rheumatism Foundation Hospital (RFH), Heinola, Finland. The patients were evaluated during a one-day visit to …