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Parent and Patient Treatment Preferences in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)

Montealegre Sanchez, Gina A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323476963

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2011, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Neurosciences.
OBJECTIVE: Understand the factors that influence parent’s decision-making and to investigate whether the tendency for non-aggressive medical treatment seen in minority adult patients is also present in parents of pediatric patients with JIA. METHODS: Using a multicenter cross sectional survey, families of patients with an established diagnosis of JIA were invited to participate. RESULTS: When families were asked to rank their considerations prior to initiating medical treatment for JIA, medications safety ranked as the most important. Pediatric rheumatologist and nurse practitioners were considered by parents and patients to be the most reliable and important source of information. Tendency toward more aggressive options was associated with having BCMH or a child with SoJIA or polyarticular JIA. Medicaid families were more likely to prefer a less aggressive treatment and have children with higher CHAQ. CONCLUSION: First study to evaluate the dynamics of medication decision-making in families of children with JIA.
Joseph J Sudano, Jr/PhD (Committee Chair)
Nora G Singer, MD (Committee Co-Chair)
Steven Spalding, MD (Committee Member)
Kavita Nanda, MD (Committee Member)
75 p.
Medicine
Medical-decision making; JIA; Patient preferences; Parent preferences

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  • Montealegre Sanchez, G. A. (2011). Parent and Patient Treatment Preferences in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323476963

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Montealegre Sanchez, Gina. Parent and Patient Treatment Preferences in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). 2011. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323476963.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Montealegre Sanchez, Gina. "Parent and Patient Treatment Preferences in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323476963

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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