The validity and reliability of the Juvenile Arthritis Functional Assessment Report (JAFAR) in children/adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: The Turkish version study

Authors : Merve BALİ, Elif GUR KABUL, Bilge BAŞAKÇI ÇALIK, Gülçin OTAR YENER, Zahide EKİCİ TEKİN, Selcuk YUKSEL

Pages : 532-543

Doi:10.21449/ijate.1295077

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Publication Date : 2023-09-22

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of the study was to describe the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Juvenile Arthritis Functional Assessment Report insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(JAFAR); in children/adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(JIA);. Sixty-nine children/adolescents with JIA were included in the study. JAFARinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TR);-Child and Parent forms were applied to the patients with JIA and to their parents for test retest at one-week intervals, the patients did not receive additional treatment and his/her pharmacological treatment did not change for that week. Test-retest reliability was evaluated by intraclass correlation coefficient insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ICC);, and internal consistency reliability of multi-item subscales was evaluated by calculating Cronbach\`s alpha coefficient. Correlations between JAFARinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TR);-Child and Parent with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0. Module Arthritis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PedsQL);, the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CHAQ);, and the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(JADAS); were evaluated to determine construct validity. The ICC value for the test/retest reliability of JAFARinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TR);-Child was 0.963 and of JAFARinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TR);-Parent was 0.576. JAFARinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TR);-Child total score had low to moderate correlations with PedsQL Child insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=-0.34; p=0.004);, CHAQ insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.40; p=0.001);, and JADAS total score insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.42; p=0.000);. JAFARinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TR);-Parent total score had moderate to high correlations with PedsQL Parent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=-0.55; p=0.000);, CHAQ insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.72; p=0.000); and JADAS total score insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.53; p= 0.000);. The Turkish version of JAFAR was found to be clinically valid and reliable in JIA.
Keywords : Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Children, Adolescence

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