The incidence of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in Quebec: a population data-based study

OBJECTIVE: To determine the population incidence of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in Quebec. METHODS: We obtained data from Quebec's physician claims database. Incident cases were defined as having a visit for JRA in 2000, no visit in the previous 3 years, a confirmed diagnosis by an arth...

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Autores principales: Ehrmann Feldman, Debbie, Bernatsky, Sasha, Houde, Michelle
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19922673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-7-20
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Bernatsky, Sasha
Houde, Michelle
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Houde, Michelle
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description OBJECTIVE: To determine the population incidence of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in Quebec. METHODS: We obtained data from Quebec's physician claims database. Incident cases were defined as having a visit for JRA in 2000, no visit in the previous 3 years, a confirmed diagnosis by an arthritis specialist, or having ≥ 2 visits to any physician for JRA, ≥ 2 months apart but within 2 years. RESULTS: Cumulative incidence of JRA was 17.8/100,000. Mean age at diagnosis was 9.8 ± 4.6 years, 68% were female and more persons were diagnosed in winter. Subjects had a median of 10 medical visits over the first year. CONCLUSION: Our population based incidence estimate was similar to others. Children and adolescents with JRA are heavy users of medical care. Additional study of environmental or climate- related triggers may be warranted.
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spelling pubmed-27830182009-11-26 The incidence of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in Quebec: a population data-based study Ehrmann Feldman, Debbie Bernatsky, Sasha Houde, Michelle Pediatr Rheumatol Online J Short Report OBJECTIVE: To determine the population incidence of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in Quebec. METHODS: We obtained data from Quebec's physician claims database. Incident cases were defined as having a visit for JRA in 2000, no visit in the previous 3 years, a confirmed diagnosis by an arthritis specialist, or having ≥ 2 visits to any physician for JRA, ≥ 2 months apart but within 2 years. RESULTS: Cumulative incidence of JRA was 17.8/100,000. Mean age at diagnosis was 9.8 ± 4.6 years, 68% were female and more persons were diagnosed in winter. Subjects had a median of 10 medical visits over the first year. CONCLUSION: Our population based incidence estimate was similar to others. Children and adolescents with JRA are heavy users of medical care. Additional study of environmental or climate- related triggers may be warranted. BioMed Central 2009-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2783018/ /pubmed/19922673 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-7-20 Text en Copyright ©2009 Feldman et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short The incidence of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in Quebec: a population data-based study
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