Inclusion/ Exclusion Eligibility:

The identification of participants is facilitated by communication between clinicians, participants and their families. The first point of this process is to ensure you are able to participate in the A3BC by checking if you meet the inclusion / exclusion criteria below:

Inclusion Criteria

  • Any gender (male, female or non-binary)
  • Aged from 0 – 18 years for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and other childhood musculoskeletal and autoimmune diseases.
  • Aged over 18 years for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis, Vasculitis and other adult musculoskeletal and autoimmune diseases.
  • Willing to allow your rheumatologist / specialist to be notified of your participation (if applicable).
  • You have been formally diagnosed under validated classification systems related to your diagnosed disease.
  • You are able (in your rheumatologist’s opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements.
  • You (or your parent/guardian) are willing and able to give informed consent for participation.

Exclusion Criteria

  • You are unable to speak English at a level capable of understanding the informed consent process, or you don’t have access to an interpreter to enable this level of understanding.
  • You have a significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the your rheumatologist, may either put you at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or your ability to participate in the study. For example, cognitive impairment that would interfere with completing a self-administered questionnaire.
  • Legacy/existing samples/data collected through participating sites will not be included in the A3BC network’s collections given non-compliance in existing consent and the collection through to storage under historical SOP parameters and related technologies.