Causes of pain in children with arthritis

Pain in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is often not full y recognized and is therefore incompletely treated. The use of pain assessm ent instruments developed specifically fur children may enhance recognition by health care providers. Recent studies suggest that coping variables and disease severity are significant predictors of pain in children with JRA, rain in children with JRA is a complex phenomenon, best managed using a mul tidisciplinary approach that includes aggressive traditional medical manage ment and addresses psychosocial variables such as coping strategies and per ceptions about disease.