Table III.

Fatigue: Participants’ Understandings and Experiences (Examples)

Age (years)	Sex	Diagnosis	Quote
Fatigue
8	F	JIA	My eyes feel like they want to close. I will wanna lay down.
8	F	Pain	I probably just start yawning, really nothing else.
9	F	JIA	My eyes start to get tired. My eyes get real droozy, real dizzy (mother adds: she’s grumpy and aggravated easily).
12	F	JIA	Well, sometimes I do get aggravated easier which I kind of do have to work on because I shouldn’t get mad just ‘cause I am tired. But sometimes I do get aggravated easier.
14	F	Pain	I probably act different, like I don’t talk and I am kind of not participating as much as I can in whatever I’m doing. If I have a really bad headache, I’ll like lay down and try to take a nap and try to get rid of it … or just lay down and take a break.
15	F	Pain	I think when I’m tired I can feel it (lower back pain) more and I get crankier and I feel like my back hurts “just leave me alone.” When my back injury was really bad I’d only get like a couple hours of sleep and then I’d be tired throughout the day.
18	F	JIA	(My) Sister gets very grumpy when she gets tired. She will walk in the house and announce that she’s tired. She gets very grumpy. I might get fatigued but I still operate. It’s just normal.

Note. JIA = juvenile idiopathic arthritis.