Reducing the risk of visual disability for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis uveitis through disease surveillance: past and future challenges
Authors' conclusion
The accessibility of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging may make OCT a feasible future option for community-based surveillance, reducing the burden on ophthalmologists, and on patients and their families.
Study context
- Population
- Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) at risk of uveitis (JIAU)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Multinational Interdisciplinary Working Group for Uveitis in Childhood (MIWGUC) consensus-based screening proposal simplifies the JIAU surveillance protocol, supporting implementation amongst non-specialists
- A global shortage of ophthalmologists threatens the sustainability of surveillance programs
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging may be a feasible future option for community-based surveillance
Further findings
JIA patients developing uveitis
- Proportion of children with JIA who develop uveitis
- 8% and 30%
- Between 8% and 30%
Original publication
Reducing the risk of visual disability for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis uveitis through disease surveillance: past and future challenges. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. Published 20 January 2025. doi:10.
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