Increase in stress contributes to impaired jaw function in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a two-year prospective study
Authors' conclusion
This study emphasizes the importance of maintaining a low stress level in patients with JIA since an increase in stress level over a two-year period seems to impair jaw function as well as psychological distress and catastrophizing.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), median age 12 years at baseline (2015) and 14 years at two-year follow-up (2018), examined with DC/TMD
- Participants
- 40 patients
- Outcome
- Relations between stress and change of stress vs changes in orofacial pain, psychosocial factors and jaw function
- Follow-up
- Two years
Methodological detailstwo-year follow-up
- Two-year follow-up
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Association of change in stress with changes in psychosocial factors and function
- Change in stress associated with change in catastrophizing, psychological distress, and limitation in general function and jaw function
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Increase in stress contributes to impaired jaw function in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a two-year prospective study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. Published 26 February 2024. doi:10.
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