Arthritis care & research
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Arthritis care & research · May 2012
Comparative StudyPredictors of health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from a Web-based survey.
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) experience functional impairment due to joint manifestations of the disease. The aim of our present study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its predictors in a group of children and adolescents with JIA. ⋯ The HRQOL is severely affected in children and adolescents with JIA. These findings underline the necessity to systematically monitor HRQOL in daily clinical practice.
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Arthritis care & research · May 2012
Comparative StudyHip fractures in the United States: 2008 nationwide emergency department sample.
To evaluate the recent epidemiology of hip fractures in the US. ⋯ The slowed growth of hip fracture risk after age 85 years suggests that the eldest old group may have a distinct hip fracture risk. Our study showed that trochanteric fractures were twice as common as cervical fractures. Because trochanteric fractures are more closely related to severe and generalized bone loss than cervical fractures, we hypothesize that the high incidence rate of trochanteric fractures in the US suggests that osteoporosis is a health problem that is linked to hip fracture. In addition to improved safety measures to reduce falls, rigorous preventive treatments of osteoporosis may be needed.