Ethics approval and consent to participate
Institutional Review Board approval and consent to participate was achieved (IRCCS Burlo Garofolo-03/2020).
Consent for publication
Not applicable
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Competing interests
AR has received grant support and/or speaking or consultant fees from AbbVie, Angelini, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Pfizer, Reckitt-Benkiser, Roche and Johnson & Johnson; MC, SDP, FZ, CB, LV, AM, RS, RC, GZ, MF, DM, AM, AC, RMD, MCM, FLT, AM, GS, AV, RC and AT do not have any conflict of interest to declare.
Funding
There no funding to declare
Authors’ Contributions
MC, SDP, FZ, CB LV, AM, RS, RC GZ and MF conceptualized, designed the study and drafted the initial manuscript. MG, AT, DM, AM, AC, RD, CM, FL and AM designed the data collection instruments, collected data and performed the statistical analysis. AT, MC, GS, AV, RC and AR conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript
Acknowledgment
Collaborating Authors’ names of the Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Pediatric Society
Paolo Adamoli: Dipartimento Materno Infantile , Ospedale Moriggia Pelascini – Gravedona, Como.
Maria Concetta Alberelli: UOC Pediatria, Marche-Nord; Clotilde Alizzi: Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Patrizia Barone: Unità Operativa Complessa di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica AOU "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele Via Santa Sofia 78 Catania; Lucia Augusta Baselli: Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Veronica Bennato: U.O. Pediatria, Ospedale A, Manzoni, Lecco; Francesca Biscaro: UOC Pediatria, Ospedale Ca’ Foncello, Treviso; Grazia Bossi: UOC Pediatria, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Andrea Campana: Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy; Maurizio Carone: UO Malattie Infettive; Ospedale Pediatrico 'Giovanni XXIII', Bari, Italy; Adele Civino: U.O.C. Pediatria P.O. Vito Fazzi, Lecce; Giovanni Conti: Nefrologia e Reumatologia Pediatrica con Dialisi, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitario “G. Martino”, Messina; Eleonora Dei Rossi: University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy; Emanuela Del Giudice: Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapeinza University of Rome, Polo Pontini, Rome, Italy; Alice Dell’Anna: U.O.C. Pediatria P.O. Vito Fazzi Lecce; Maia De Luca: Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy, Piazza S. Onofrio n. 4, 00165, Rome, Italy; Enrico Felici: Pediatric and Pediatric Emergency Unit, The Children Hospital, AO SS Antonio e Biago e C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy; Giovanni Filocamo: Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano; Ilenia Floretta: Pediatria, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; Maria Loreta Foschini: SC Pediatria, PO SAN MICHELE AOBrotzu, Cagliari, Italy; Marcello Lanari: Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy; Bianca Lattanzi: SOD Pediatria, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy; Alessandra Lazzerotti: Clinica Pediatrica; Università Milano Bicocca; Fondazione MBBM - onlus c/o Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy; Francesco Licciardi: Department of Pediatrics and Public Health, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Alessandra Manerba: Child Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Savina Mannarino: Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital V Buzzi, ASST FBF Sacco, Milan, Italy; Achille Marino: Department of Pediatrics, Desio Hospital, ASST Monza, Desio, Italy; Agostina Marolda: Pediatrics and Neonatology Dipartment, ASST Ovest Milanese, "G. Fornaroli" Hospital, Magenta, Milan; Laura Martelli: Paediatric Department, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy; Giorgia Martini; Department of Woman's and Child's Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy; Angela Mauro: Department of Paediatrics, Emergency Department, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Maria Vincenza Mastrolia: Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, AOU Meyer, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Angelo Mazza: Paediatric Department, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy; Angela Miniaci: Clinica Pediatrica, Reumatologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy; Francesca Minoia: Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano; Alma Olivieri: Dipartimento della donna, del bambino e di chirurgia generale e specialistica, Università della Campania, “L Vanvitelli, Napoli; Guido Pennoni: Dipartimento Materno-Infantile; Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino, Italy; Rossana Pignataro: UOC Pediatria e Neonatologia, ASST Lodi, Lodi; Francesca Ricci, Clinica Pediatrica, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia e Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Donato Rigante: Department of Pediatrics, Univarsità Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Matilde Rossi: UOC di Pediatrai e Neonatologia, Ospedale di Macerata, Macerata; Claudia Santagati: Dipartimento di Pediatria, Ospedale di Rovigo, Rovigo; Martina Soliani: Pediatria ASST Cremona, Italy; Silvia Sonego: University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy; Domenico Sperlì: UOC di Pediatria, S.O. “Annunziata” - A.O. di Cosenza; Sara Stucchi: Maternal and Child Health, Division of Paediatrics, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy; Barbara Teruzzi: Maternal and Child Health, Division of Paediatrics, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy; Elpidio Tierno: UOC di Pediatria, Dipartimento della Salute della Donna e del Bambin, AORN “Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano”- Caserta; Tatiana Utytatnikova: Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Pediatria, ASST Bergamo-EST, Seriate, Bergamo; Piero Valentini; Department of Pediatrics, Univarsità Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Gianluca Vergine; UOC Pediatria Rimini, Ospedale Infermi, ASL Romagna, Rimini, Italy.