PMID- 30907294 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191129 LR - 20240131 IS - 1477-0962 (Electronic) IS - 0961-2033 (Print) IS - 0961-2033 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 5 DP - 2019 Apr TI - Self-management and adherence in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: what are we missing? PG - 642-650 LID - 10.1177/0961203319839478 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study are (1) to characterize factors influencing self-management behaviors and quality of life in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and (2) to identify barriers and facilitators of treatment adherence via focus groups. METHODS: AYAs with cSLE ages 12-24 years and primary caregivers of the adolescents participated in this study. Recruitment occurred during pediatric rheumatology clinic visits at a Midwestern children's hospital or the hospital's cSLE active clinic registry. Information about disease severity was obtained from patient health records. Pain and fatigue questionnaires were administered. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. RESULTS: Thirty-one AYA patients and caregivers participated in six focus groups. Ten major themes emerged from sessions; four were expressed both by the AYA and caregiver groups: knowledge deficits about cSLE, symptoms limiting daily function, specifically mood and cognition/learning, barriers and facilitators of adherence, and worry about the future. Themes unique to AYA participants included symptoms limiting daily functioning-pain/fatigue, self-care and management, impact on personal relationships, and health care provider communication/relationship. For caregiver groups unique themes included need for school advocacy, disruption of family schedule, and sense of normalcy for their adolescent. CONCLUSION: AYAs with cSLE face a lifelong disease characterized by pervasive pain, fatigue, organ damage, isolation-social and/or physical-and psycho-socioeducational challenges. This study confirmed that continued psychosocial support, health information education, adherence interventions, and personalized treatment plans are necessary to increase self-management and autonomy in AYAs with cSLE. FAU - Harry, O AU - Harry O AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6810-7352 AD - 1 Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Crosby, L E AU - Crosby LE AD - 2 Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. AD - 3 College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Smith, A W AU - Smith AW AD - 2 Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Favier, L AU - Favier L AD - 1 Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Aljaberi, N AU - Aljaberi N AD - 1 Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Ting, T V AU - Ting TV AD - 1 Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. AD - 3 College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Huggins, J L AU - Huggins JL AD - 1 Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. AD - 3 College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Modi, A C AU - Modi AC AD - 2 Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. AD - 3 College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. LA - eng GR - K07 CA200668/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 HD068223/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190324 PL - England TA - Lupus JT - Lupus JID - 9204265 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Age of Onset MH - Caregivers/*psychology MH - Child MH - Female MH - Focus Groups MH - Humans MH - Interviews as Topic MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*physiopathology/*psychology/therapy MH - Male MH - Ohio MH - Patient Compliance MH - Quality of Life MH - Registries MH - *Self-Management MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6506349 MID - NIHMS1523194 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adherence OT - childhood-onset SLE OT - renal lupus OT - self-management OT - systemic lupus erythematosus COIS- DECLARATION OF CONFLICTING INTERESTS The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article EDAT- 2019/03/26 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/30 06:00 PMCR- 2020/04/01 CRDT- 2019/03/26 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177/0961203319839478 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Lupus. 2019 Apr;28(5):642-650. doi: 10.1177/0961203319839478. Epub 2019 Mar 24.