A comparison of child and parent ratings of disability and pain in juvenile chronic arthritis.
OBJECTIVE
To assess parent-child agreement of child disability and pain.


METHODS
Twenty children with juvenile chronic arthritis aged between 8 and 16 years and their mothers were assessed using a recently developed measure of child disability and pain.


RESULTS
Results demonstrated a high level of agreement between children and their mothers with respect to disability. However, there was no correlation between the children's and their mothers' assessment of pain.


CONCLUSIONS
This suggests that parents of children with chronic arthritis give accurate information regarding disability, but not regarding pain.
Doherty
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Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Yanni
G
G
Conroy
R M
RM
Bresnihan
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D010146:Pain; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010361:Patients; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires