Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Children in Estonia.

University of Tartu

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epidemiology

Treatments: Other: Blood collecting for storage of samples

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01905319

TARLA 0475 DARLA 0500;

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aims of the study:

• to study the incidence rate of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and it's clinical subtypes in Estonia for the years 1998-2000;
• to examine the course and short-term clinical outcome of JIA.

Method: a prospective population-based study carried on in 14 counties of Estonia

Enrollment: 162 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) criteria for juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• children aged 0-15 years who had arthritis of an unknown cause for at least six weeks with an onset of the disease during the study period

Exclusion criteria

• Children with infectious arthritis, postinfectious arthritis, traumatic arthritis and systemic connective tissue diseases

Trial design

162 participants in 1 patient group

Subsequent new juvenile arthritis cases

Description:

During years 1998-2000, all new subsequent cases of juvenile idiopathic arthritis diagnosed in Estonia were included in the study group.

Treatment:

Other: Blood collecting for storage of samples