Significant pain decrease in children with non-systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis treated to target: results over 24 months of follow up

• Main Authors: Katinka Spekking (Author), Janneke Anink (Author), Piroska de Boer (Author), Sytske Anne Bergstra (Author), J. Merlijn van den Berg (Author), Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema (Author), Lisette W. A. van Suijlekom-Smit (Author), Marion A. J. van Rossum (Author), Yvonne Koopman-Keemink (Author), Rebecca ten Cate (Author), Cornelia F. Allaart (Author), Daniëlle M. C. Brinkman (Author), Petra C. E. Hissink Muller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The aim of this study was to compare pain-scores in three targeted treatment-strategies in JIA-patients and to identify characteristics predicting persistent pain. Methods In the BeSt-for-Kids-study 92 DMARD-naïve JIA-patients were randomized in 3 treatment-strategies: 1) initia...