Vaccination coverage in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and healthy peers: Cross-sectional electronic survey data.

Background: Patients with immune-mediated diseases, such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of developing infections, due to disease-related immune dysfunction and applying of immunosuppressive drugs.

Aim: To evaluate vaccine coverage in patients with IBD and JIA, and compare it with healthy children.

Methods: In the cross-sectional study we included the data from a questionnaire survey of 190 Legal representatives of children with JIA ( = 81), IBD ( = 51), and healthy children (HC, = 58).