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Table 1 (Abstract A2). Characteristics of patients and their transition skills

From: Abstracts of the 35th Meeting of the German Society for Pediatric and Adolescents Rheumatology (Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatology (GKJR)

 

Group 1

Group 2

Number of cases

1,519

91

Gender female, %

67.9

73.3

Age in years, mean

17.3

17.4

JIA category, in %

 - Oligoarthritis

39.9

49.0

 - Rheumatoid factor-negative polyarthritis

22.8

18.7

 - Enthesitis-related arthritis

16.2

11.0

 - Rheumatoid factor-positive polyarthritis

5.4

5.5

 - Psoriatic arthritis

8.9

5.5

 - Systemic JIA

3.6

7.7

 - Unclassified JIA

2.9

2.2

cJADAS (0–30), mean

4.5

4.6

Overall well-being (NRS 0–10), mean

2.4

2.8

Information search via websites, apps, %

16.0

18.2

Knowledge of the website of the German Rheumatism League, %

24.8

32.2

Patients with a need for information, %

 - on the disease

24.4

24.7

 - on medication

20.2

26.2

 - Influence of your lifestyle on your illness

28.6

31.8

 - on the influence of lifestyle

24.0

32.9

 - on the influence of alcohol, drugs and nicotine

30.4

32.9

 - on the connection between the disease and contraception/pregnancy

34.8

40.0

 - on the course of the disease on the impact on work

31.2

32.9

 - on self-help services

11.3

11.9

 - on socio-legal support

17.7

13.3