Background
Methods
Instruments
Procedure
Analysis
Principal component analysis
Rasch analyses
Results
Participants’ characteristics
Characteristics | PARQ data |
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n = 235 parents of children with JIAa
| |
Children’s sex, female, n (%) | 169 (71.91) |
Children’s age, years, mean (SD) | 10.80 (4.19) |
Disease duration, years, mean (SD) | 4.66 (3.79) |
Disease severity, AJC, mean (SD) | 1.62 (3.37) |
HRQOL, mean (SD)b
| 2.20 (1.12) |
Pain, mean (SD)c
| 17.18 (22.81) |
Principal component analyses
Rasch analyses
Description/Item | Location | SE | Fit residual |
---|---|---|---|
Difficulty in taking prescribed medication | −1.11 | 0.15 | −0.07 |
Negative reaction to taking prescribed medication | −1.98 | 0.10 | 0.54 |
Negative reaction to doing prescribed exercises | −1.96 | 0.12 | 0.38 |
Negative reaction to wearing splint | −1.73 | 0.24 | −0.11 |
Difficulty in exercises | −1.72 | 0.13 | 0.56 |
Difficulty in wearing splint | −1.21 | 0.23 | 1.50 |
Adherence to taking prescribed medication | 0.57 | 0.14 | −0.39 |
Usefulness of taking prescribed medication | 0.71 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
Usefulness of doing prescribed exercises | 1.94 | 0.13 | 0.72 |
Adherence to doing prescribed exercises | 2.36 | 0.14 | −0.75 |
Usefulness of wearing splint | 2.40 | 0.25 | −0.33 |
Adherence to wearing splint | 2.74 | 0.22 | 0.41 |