Abstracts tagged "Support and Education Groups and pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 2427 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents with Rheumatic Disease
Sandra J. Watcher¹, Maggie Sepkowitz¹, Suhas M. Radhakrishna², Anusha Ramanathan³, Liz Morasso⁴, Jennifer Chang⁵ and Jeffrey I. Gold⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of LA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Kaiser Permananete Medical Group, Oakland, CA, ³Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Adolescent Medicine/Rheumatology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Anesthesiology & Pediatrics - Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California - Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Adolescents with chronic health disease face a variety of physical and psychological challenges. Adolescents with rheumatologic conditions vary with regard to their physical, emotional,…