title: 'It might hurt, but you have to push through the pain': Perspectives on physical activity from children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their parents.
abstract: Our primary objective was to gather perspectives of children diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and their parents as they relate to physical activity (PA) participation. To do so, we conducted a study on 23 children diagnosed with JIA and their parents ( N = 29). We used convenience sampling to recruit participants and qualitative method- logies (one-on-one semi-structured interviews). We adopted a five-step framework analysis to categorize data into themes. Children and their parents described factors that act to facilitate or hinder PA participation. Pain was the most commonly highlighted PA barrier described by children and their parents. However, children who were newly diagnosed with JIA and their parents were more likely to highlight pain as a barrier than were child/parent dyads where children had been previously diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Race
authors.affiliation: 1 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Joanie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sims-Gould
authors.affiliation: 2 British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Lori B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.|4 Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Ciaran M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.affiliation: 5 Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Debbie Ehrmann
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.affiliation: 4 Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbon
authors.affiliation: 1 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.|2 British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Houghton
authors.affiliation: 6 The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.|7 University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Stinson
authors.affiliation: 8 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stringer
authors.affiliation: 6 The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.|7 University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Shirley Ml
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.affiliation: 1 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: McKay
keywords: Barriers and facilitators; health promotion; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; physical activity; qualitative approaches