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The questionnaires include information related on JIA, PedsQL4.0 generic core and PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scales. According to the disease type, onset age of and course of JIA, we divided them into different groups, then compared the QoL status among different groups. Moreover, we analyzed the reliability and validity of these two scales in these 180 JIA children.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The mean score of PedsQL4.0 generic core scale on these 180 patients was 82.85\u2009\u00b1\u200914.82, for these in active period was 72.05\u2009\u00b1\u200915.29, in remission period was 89.77\u2009\u00b1\u20099.23; the QoL score of systemic, polyarticular and oligoarticular JIA patients were 77.05\u2009\u00b1\u200919.11, 84.33\u2009\u00b1\u200912.46 and 87.12\u2009\u00b1\u200910.23. The mean score of PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scale on 180 patients was 91.22\u2009\u00b1\u20099.45, for these in active period was 84.70\u2009\u00b1\u200911.37, in remission period was 95.43\u2009\u00b1\u20094.48; the QoL score of systemic, polyarticular and oligoarticular JIA patients were 89.41\u2009\u00b1\u200911.54, 89.38\u2009\u00b1\u200910.08 and 93.71\u2009\u00b1\u20096.92. In the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core scale, the \u03b1 coefficients of total scale and almost every dimension are all greater than 0.8 except for the school activity dimension of 0.589; the correlation coefficients of 22 items\u2019 scores (total 23 items) with the scores of dimensions they belong to are greater than 0.5 (maximum value is 0.864), and the other one is 0.406. In PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scale, except for the treatment and worry dimensions of 0.652 and 0.635, the \u03b1 coefficients of other dimensions and the total scale are all greater than 0.7; the correlation coefficients of all items\u2019 score were greater than 0.5 (the maximum is 0.933, the minimum is 0.515).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The QoL of Chinese JIA children is worse than their healthy peers, these in active period and diagnosed as systemic type were undergoing worst quality of life. The reliability and validity of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core and PedsQL3.0 Rheumatology Module scale in Chinese JIA children are satisfactory, and can be used in clinical and scientific researches.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12955-021-01683-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,30]],"date-time":"2021-01-30T12:02:46Z","timestamp":1612008166000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["The quality of life in Chinese juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients: psychometric properties of the pediatric quality of life inventor generic core scales and rheumatology module"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Hua-hong","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feng-qi","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jian-ming","family":"Lai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gai-xiu","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shu-hua","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zheng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5270-8276","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,30]]},"reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"1683_CR1","first-page":"1520","volume":"29","author":"PJ Manners","year":"2002","unstructured":"Manners PJ, Bower C. 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