Behavioral Problems in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Controlled Study to Examine the Risk of Psychopathology in a Chronic Pediatric Disorder

Table 2

The rate of behavioral problems (ranging from normal to clinical range) measured by CBCL in both groups.

	Normal	Borderline clinical range	Clinical range
Anxiety/depression
JIA	34 (66%)	10 (19%)	7 (13%)
Control	74 (98%)	1 (1%)	0 (0%)
Withdrawal/depression
JIA	31 (60%)	6 (11%)	14 (27%)
Control	71 (94%)	3 (4%)	1 (1%)
Somatic complaints
JIA	30 (58%)	15 (29%)	6 (11%)
Control	69 (92%)	6 (8%)	0 (0%)
Social problems
JIA	33 (64%)	11 (21%)	7 (13%)
Control	68 (90%)	6 (8%)	1 (1%)
Attention problems
JIA	37 (72%)	8 (16%)	6 (11%)
Control	58 (77%)	11 (14%)	6 (8%)
Thought problems
JIA	35 (68%)	7 (13%)	9 (17%)
Control	69 (92%)	4 (5%)	2 (2%)
Rule breaking behavior
JIA	39 (76%)	10 (19%)	2 (4%)
Control	67 (89%)	6 (8%)	2 (2%)
Aggressive behaviors
JIA	38 (74%)	8 (15%)	5 (10%)
Control	68 (90%)	7 (9%)	0 (0%)
Externalization problems
JIA	26 (50%)	10 (19%)	15 (29%)
Control	59 (78%)	9 (12%)	8 (9%)
Internalizing problems
JIA	15 (29%)	9 (17%)	27 (53%)
Control	61 (81%)	11 (14%)	3 (4%)

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis.