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- Title
Development and validation of the Kids Disability Screen for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from the CAPRI Registry.
- Authors
Houghton, Kristin; McPherson, Meghan; Surjanovic, Nikola; Loughin, Thomas; Berard, Roberta; Proulx-Gauthier, Jean-Phillipe; Chédeville, Gaëlle; Rumsey, Dax; Schmeling, Heinrike; Luca, Nadia; Johnson, Nicole; Gerschman, Tommy; Miettunen, Paivi; Tam, Herman; Lim, Lillian; Morishita, Kimberly; Scuccimarri, Rosie; Roth, Johannes; Duffy, Ciaran; Tucker, Lori
- Abstract
Objective The aim of this study was to develop and validate a brief disability screen for children with JIA, the Kids Disability Screen (KDS). Methods A total of 216 children enrolled in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry in 2017–2018 formed a development cohort, and 220 children enrolled in 2019–2020 formed a validation cohort. At every clinic visit, parents answered two questions derived from the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ): 'Is it hard for your child to run and play BECAUSE OF ARTHRITIS?' ('Hard' 0–10), and 'Does your child usually need help from you or another person BECAUSE OF ARTHRITIS?' ('Help', 0–10). We used 36-fold cross-validation and tested nine different mathematical methods to combine the answers and optimize psychometric properties. The results were confirmed in the validation cohort. Results Expressed as the mean of the two answers, KDS best balanced ease of use and psychometric properties, while a LASSO regression model combining the two answers with other patient characteristics [estimated CHAQ [eCHAQ]) had the highest responsiveness. In the validation cohort, 22.7%, 25.9% and 28.6% of patients had a score of 0 at enrolment for the KDS, eCHAQ and CHAQ, respectively. Responsiveness was 0.67, 0.74 and 0.62, respectively. Sensitivity to detect a CHAQ > 0 was 0.90 and specificity 0.56, KDS detecting some disability in 44% of children with a CHAQ = 0. Conclusion This simple KDS has psychometric properties comparable with those of a full CHAQ and may be used at every clinic visit to identify those children who need a full disability assessment.
- Subjects
EXPERIMENTAL design; RESEARCH methodology; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; JUVENILE idiopathic arthritis; REGRESSION analysis; FUNCTIONAL assessment; PSYCHOMETRICS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SENSITIVITY &; specificity (Statistics); LONGITUDINAL method; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2022, Vol 61, Issue 12, p4835
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keac146