Adaptation to juvenile rheumatic disease: A controlled evaluation of functional disability with a one-year follow-up.
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Health Psychology
- Vol. 11 (1) , 67-76
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.11.1.67
Abstract
Compared the adaptation of 165 patients with juvenile rheumatic disease (JRD) to that of their healthy siblings. Patients were divided into those with mild functional disability and those with moderate/severe disability. Adaptation in several domains was assessed by parents and children on two occasions 1 year apart. The adjustment difficulties of the JRD children were limited primarily to social functioning but appeared also in the psychological and family problems domains. Compared to "mild" patients, "moderate/severe" patients had more adjustment difficulties; in some areas, mild patients functioned as well as their healthy siblings. Some Time 1 differences were replicated at Time 2. The results help to delineate (a) the specific domains in which children with chronic disease have adjustment difficulties and (b) the factors that put children at risk for developing adjustment problems.Keywords
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