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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Jul;64(7):1001–1010. doi: 10.1002/acr.21625

Table 2.

Suggested minimum data collection and assessment intervals1to be used with treatment plans

Assessment Intervals
Proposed Variables2 Baseline
Visit
Follow-up
visits:
1–2 weeks,
1 month,
3 month,
6 months,
9 months

History

•  Demographics
▪  DOB
▪  Gender X
▪  Race and ethnicity
•  Date(s) of onset of Symptoms
▪  Fever X
▪  Rash
▪  Joint symptoms
•  Pre-enrollment treatment
    history for SJIA
X
•  Current Medications and
    doses
X X
•  Comorbid Diagnoses X
•  Fever of sJIA in the past week X X
•  Rash of sJIA in the past week X X
•  Duration of morning stiffness X X
•  Serositis in the past week X X
•  Patient has MAS (impression
    of treating physician)
X X

Patient reported outcomes and global assessments

•  Pain X X
•  HRQOL X X
•  Physical function X X
•  Parent/patient global
    assessment of disease activity
X X
•  Physician global assessment
    of disease activity
X X

Physical exam

•  Height, weight, BMI X X
•  Rash X X
•  Active joint count X X
•  Lymphadenopathy X X
•  Hepatomegaly X X
•  Splenomegaly X X
•  Serositis X X

Labs

•  CBC (wbc, hemoglobin,
    platelet count)
X X
•  C-reactive protein X X
•  Erythrocyte sedimentation rate X X
•  Ferritin X X
•  LDH X X

Treatment plan related items

•  Serious adverse events or
    important medical event
X
•  If plan discontinued, rationale X
•  Number of IV steroid pulses, if
    Any
X
•  Uveitis status at last eye exam X
1

Data is collected at baseline, 1–2 weeks, 1, 3, 6, 9 months. Data collection is encouraged at changes in treatment (even if it does not occur at a scheduled time point). Monthly phone follow-up recommended. Any additional visits in between these time points are at the discretion of the physician and data may or may not be collected.

2

Not included in table, malignancy and infection work-up, screen for tuberculosis at baseline (and then annually).