Abstract Number: 3185 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity Analysis for the Smoking Paradox in the Development of Psoriatic Arthritis Among Psoriasis Patients
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a strong risk factor for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, but several studies have found that smoking is inversely associated with the risk…Abstract Number: 3186 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Determinants of Patient-Physician Discordance in Global Assessment in Psoriatic Arthritis and Levels of Discordance According to Disease Activity: A Multicenter European Study
Background/Purpose: In the management of chronic diseases, recommendations insist on the need to work in partnership with the patient. Patient-physician discordance in global assessment of…Abstract Number: 3187 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Societal Costs and Patients’ Experience of Health Inequities from Psoriatic Arthritis: A Danish Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a chronic inflammatory joint disorder typically affecting individuals with psoriasis of the skin, is associated with severe comorbidities, reduced quality of…Abstract Number: 3188 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Gout with Risk of Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease
Background/Purpose: It is speculated that gout is a risk factor for kidney disease progression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of…Abstract Number: 3189 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Perceptions of Glucocorticoid Side Effects: A Survey of Users in an Online Health Community
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are widely used to treat inflammatory diseases, but are known to have many side effects. Patients’ perspectives of side effects are known…Abstract Number: 3190 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology of Polymyalgia Rheumatica 2000-2014: A Population Based Study
Background/Purpose: To determine time trends in the incidence and survival analysis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) over a 15 year period in a geographically defined population…Abstract Number: 3191 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Coronary Revascularization Procedure Rates and Risks Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Compared to Those with Diabetes Mellitus in a Nationwide Medicaid Cohort
Background/Purpose : We have recently found that myocardial infarction (MI) risk was similar among age- and sex-matched SLE patients compared to diabetes mellitus (DM) patients…Abstract Number: 3192 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influence of Temperature and Humidity on Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: To evaluate whether meteorological parameters influence pain and disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: We assessed correlations between individual meteorological variables…Abstract Number: 3193 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is an Intensive Diet and Exercise Regimen Cost-Effective for Obese and Overweight Patients with Symptomatic Knee OA?
Background/Purpose: About 50% of persons with knee OA are obese. Quality-adjusted life-year losses due to knee OA and obesity exceed 3.5 per person. The results…Abstract Number: 3194 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Related to Physicians’ Prescriptions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Never Filled or Subsequently Discontinued By Patients
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists have many choices of medications to use for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but patients may not fill a prescription (primary non-adherence or…Abstract Number: 3195 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patterns and Predictors of Hydroxychloroquine Nonadherence in a Nationwide Cohort of Medicaid Beneficiaries with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is the standard of care medication for most SLE patients, however cross-sectional studies suggest that nonadherence is common. Similar to the fluctuating…Abstract Number: 3196 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Natural Language Processing System Can Capture Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measures in US Veterans Across Multiple Sites
Background/Purpose: The retrieval of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity measures recorded in an electronic medical record through natural language processing (NLP) would significantly aid…Abstract Number: 3197 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Definitions for Cranial and Large Vessel Giant Cell Arteritis: Results of a Reliability Exercise on Images and Videos of the Omeract Ultrasound Large Vessel Vasculitis Task Force
Background/Purpose: By a Delphi process, the OMERACT Ultrasound (US) large vessel vasculitis task force has recently defined the US appearance of normal temporal arteries…Abstract Number: 3198 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inter-Reader and Intra-Reader Reliability of the New Omeract Ultrasonographic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
Background/Purpose: ultrasonography (US) has been implemented recently as a possible diagnostic method for CPPD[1]. However, data on the reliability of US in CPPD diagnosis are…Abstract Number: 3199 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urate Crystal Deposition and Bone Erosion in Gout: Inside-out or Outside-in? a Dual Energy Computed Tomography Study
Background/Purpose: Imaging and pathology studies have shown that bone erosion is closely associated with monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition in tophaceous gout. It is currently…
