Determination of Exercise Behavior in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Saime Nilay Arman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Assessing exercise behavior

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03731520

IstanbulUC2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common rheumatic diseases in childhood, affecting at least 1 in 1000 children. Children with JIA experience joint inflammation and swelling, pain and tenderness, morning stiffness, limited mobility. Children with JIA complain pain and have lower functional ability and decreased quality of life compared with their peers. Many studies have reported that patients with JIA have low physical activity levels and also exercise therapy is considered an important component of the treatment of JIA. Nowadays, studies for evaluating exercise behaviours in order to cope with physical inactivity for many chronic diseases are becoming increasingly important.The objective of this study is to determine exercise behaviour in patients with JIA.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed as JIA according to ILAR classification
• Aged between 6-18
• Adequate cognitive function for understanding questions

Exclusion criteria

• a parent who does not have a smartphone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Assessing exercise behavior

Experimental group

Description:

determining exercise behaviour in patients with JIA by using specific scales

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Assessing exercise behavior