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. 2020 Jul 29;22(7):e16234. doi: 10.2196/16234

Table 2.

Adolescent demographic and disease characteristics.

Characteristic Total (N=219) Intervention (n=88) Control (n=131)
Age (years), mean (SD) 14.4 (1.6) 14 (1.5) 14.5 (1.7)
Sex, n (%)

Female 154 (70.3) 63 (72) 91 (69.5)

Male 65 (29.7) 25 (28) 40 (30.5)
Language, n (%)

English 214 (97.7) 87 (99) 127 (96.9)

French 5 (2.3) 1 (1) 4 (3.1)
Annual household income (Can $), n (%)a

Less than $25,000 (US $18,263) 9 (4.6) 2 (3) 7 (5.7)

$25,000-49,999 (US $18,263-US $36,526) 25 (12.7) 9 (12) 16 (13.1)

$50,000-74,999 (US $36,526-US $54,790) 28 (14.2) 6 (8) 22 (18.0)

$75,000-99,999 (US $54,790-US $73,053) 29 (14.7) 13 (17) 16 (13.1)

$100,000-150,000 (US $73,053-US $109,580) 33 (16.8) 12 (16) 21 (17.2)

Did not answer 44 (22.3) 18 (24) 26 (21.3)
JIAb category, n (%)

Systemic 5 (2.3) 1 (1) 4 (3.1)

Oligoarthritis 47 (21.5) 21 (24) 26 (19.8)

Oligoarthritis—extended 24 (10.9) 9 (10) 15 (11.5)

Polyarthritis (RF-) 50 (22.8) 23 (26) 27 (20.6)

Polyarthritis (RF+) 19 (8.7) 5 (6) 14 (10.7)

Psoriatic arthritis 23 (10.5) 9 (10) 14 (10.7)

Enthesitis-related arthritis 35 (16.0) 13 (15) 22 (16.7)

Undifferentiated 9 (4.1) 3 (3) 6 (4.6)

Other 7 (3.2) 4 (5) 3 (2.3)
Disease severity, n (%)

Low (0-3 PGA)c 181 (82.6) 75 (85) 106 (80.9)

Moderate to severe (4-10 PGA) 38 (17.4) 13 (15) 25 (19)
Duration of illness (years), mean (SD) 5.7 (4.6) 6 (5) 5.6 (4.6)
Expectation about intervention effectiveness at baseline 6.1 (2.1) 6 (2) 5.9 (2.0)

aParent report, N=197.

bJIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

cPGA: physician global assessment [23].