Drug Compliance and Affecting Factors in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Drug Compliance and Affecting Factors in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the drug compliance of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and, to figure our factors that affect the compliance.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Medication use and compliance in children with chronic diseases is an important problem, but do patients with JIA really use their medications in harmony?
• Does the level of adherence to medications affect the quality of life of patients with JIA?

Participants will be asked to fill the demographic form which includes personal information and nutritional habbits, Morisky Drug Compliance Scale - 8 and the pediatric quality of life inventory forms, with attending researcher Yesfa Sebnem Ozbay, M.D.

This study is not an interventional study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being followed up with the diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Artritis (JIA) from the pediatric rheumatology outpatient clinic of Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of patients or their parents to participate in the study
• Although the patient is followed up with the diagnosis of JIA, not using medication