BIOBEHAVIORAL FACTORS IN JUVENILE RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Academic Article

abstract

• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the most common connective tissue disease in children. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis may best be conceptualized as a syndrome of diverse etiologies with three distinct types of disease onset: systemic, poly articular, and pauciarticular. The overall management of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis consists of a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensive care. Biobehavioral factors are delineated into four primary areas: therapeutic adherence, arthritic pain, psychosocial adjustment, and functional independence. To date, relatively little systematic biobehavioral research has been conducted in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; however, the potential for the interdisciplinary biobehavioral approach to this pediatrie chronic disorder is quite evident. 1984.

authors

• Varni, James

published proceedings

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

author list (cited authors)

• VARNI, J. W., & JAY, S. M.

citation count

• 33

complete list of authors

• VARNI, JW||JAY, SM

publication date

• January 1984

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Clinical Psychology Review  Journal

keywords

• Arthritis
• Autoimmune Disease
• Chronic Pain
• Inflammatory And Immune System
• Mental Health
• Musculoskeletal
• Pain Research
• Pediatric
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0272-7358(84)90043-6

start page

• 543

end page

• 560

volume

• 4

issue

• 5

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2F0272-7358%2884%2990043-6