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name: A mixed method investigation into the relationship between physical activity, nutritional status, dietary intake, symptoms, and health-related quality of life in children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
description: Introduction Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease of unknown aetiology in childhood. JIA is an umbrella term for arthritis of unknown origin, lasting for >6 weeks and with onset at <16 years of age. JIA negatively affects physical and mental health and well-being through direct pathology and the secondary impact on lifestyle. Moreover, JIA exerts a long-term impact on social and occupational opportunities and quality of life. Despite several medical interventions available for treating JIA (1,2), studies on the impact of lifestyle interventions remain limited (3). Nevertheless, evidence from other clinical groups concerning lifestyle management (4) strongly suggests the potential benefits of lifestyle management in the context of JIA. Considering the long-term impact of the disease, and the impact on lifestyle, there is a need to develop a broader range of behavioural interventions, alongside drug therapies, to support healthier lifestyle in children and young people with JIA. To address the determinants that improve the negative effect of the JIA symptoms early, when symptoms and side effects of the treatments are emerging, lifestyle interventions are required. Research supports targeted physical activity (PA) (5) and lifestyle interventions including healthy dietary habits (6) may improve the symptoms of JIA and overall quality of life (QoL) (7). However, the potential impact of behavioural influence interventions on JIA symptoms has yet to be fully explored. The thesis sets out to consider current evidence to develop a targeted behavioural lifestyle intervention for people living with JIA and their families. When considering PA, a number of systematic reviews support exercise interventions (8), with less evidence for diet (9) and lifestyle management interventions (10). To date, there is limited understanding of the relationship between PA, food patterns, activity management and physical and mental health-related qualit…
abstract: Introduction Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease of unknown aetiology in childhood. JIA is an umbrella term for arthritis of unknown origin, lasting for >6 weeks and with onset at <16 years of age. JIA negatively affects physical and mental health and well-being through direct pathology and the secondary impact on lifestyle. Moreover, JIA exerts a long-term impact on social and occupational opportunities and quality of life. Despite several medical interventions available for treating JIA (1,2), studies on the impact of lifestyle interventions remain limited (3). Nevertheless, evidence from other clinical groups concerning lifestyle management (4) strongly suggests the potential benefits of lifestyle management in the context of JIA. Considering the long-term impact of the disease, and the impact on lifestyle, there is a need to develop a broader range of behavioural interventions, alongside drug therapies, to support healthier lifestyle in children and young people with JIA. To address the determinants that improve the negative effect of the JIA symptoms early, when symptoms and side effects of the treatments are emerging, lifestyle interventions are required. Research supports targeted physical activity (PA) (5) and lifestyle interventions including healthy dietary habits (6) may improve the symptoms of JIA and overall quality of life (QoL) (7). However, the potential impact of behavioural influence interventions on JIA symptoms has yet to be fully explored. The thesis sets out to consider current evidence to develop a targeted behavioural lifestyle intervention for people living with JIA and their families. When considering PA, a number of systematic reviews support exercise interventions (8), with less evidence for diet (9) and lifestyle management interventions (10). To date, there is limited understanding of the relationship between PA, food patterns, activity management and physical and mental health-related qualit…
author: Zare, Najmeh
language: en
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:42:44Z
provider: Oxford Brookes University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Oxford Brookes University

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value: 10.24384/s8kb-w152