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Abstract Number: 2266 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Rheumatic Disease Really More Severe in Indigenous Populations? a Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes in Indigenous Populations of Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand
Kelle Hurd¹ and Cheryl Barnabe², ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Indigenous populations of Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand have higher disease prevalence for many inflammatory arthritis conditions and connective tissue…
Abstract Number: 2267 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatology Work Force Planning in Western Countries – a Systematic Literature Review
Christian Dejaco¹, Angelika Lackner², Markus Narath³ and Martin Sprenger⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Avenbruggerplatz 15, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ³Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft (KAGes), Graz, Austria, ⁴Public Health School, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: To compare models forecasting adult and paediatric rheumatology work force requirement in Western countriesMethods: A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted by 2 authors…
Abstract Number: 2268 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peripheral Joint MRI for Inflammatory Arthritis and the Choosing Wisely Campaign – Evidence for Wide Variations in Use
Gabriela Schmajuk¹, Chris Tonner², Sara G. Murray³ and Jinoos Yazdany⁴, ¹Medicine / Rheumatology, UCSF / San Francisco VA, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, UCSF, SF, CA
Background/Purpose: The Choosing Wisely campaign, which commenced in 2011, focuses on reducing medical services that are of questionable value or may be harmful. In 2013,…
Abstract Number: 2269 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatologists Consider Patient Preferences and Costs When Choosing Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients. a Cross-European Discrete Choice Experiment
Monika Hifinger¹, Mickaël Hiligsmann², Sofia Ramiro³, Verity Watson⁴, Johan L. Severens⁵, Bruno Fautrel⁶, Loreto Carmona⁷, Till Uhlig⁸, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁹, Peggy Jacques¹⁰, Jacqueline Detert¹¹, Carlo Alberto Scirè¹², Florian Berghea¹³, Márta Péntek¹⁴, Jose canas Silva¹⁵, Andrew Keat¹⁶ and Annelies Boonen¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Department of Health Services Research, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁵Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital / Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris 6 GRC-08 (EEMOIS), Paris, France, ⁷Instituto de Salud Musculoesqueletica, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁰University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹²Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Sf. Maria” Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁴Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, E.P.E., Almada, Portugal, ¹⁶Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Economic considerations and patient preferences are increasingly important when choosing treatments. It is not known to what extent rheumatologists across Europe account for these…
Abstract Number: 2270 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Disease: The Hidden Risk in Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karen Soikkeli¹ and Glenn Ehresmann², ¹Graduate Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner Program), Azusa Pacific University, Diamond Bar, CA, ²Rheumatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California-Los Angeles County Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite the fact that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience a 50-60% increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), substantial gaps remain in the…
Abstract Number: 2271 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Arthritis in the Young Adult Life Phase Impact Involvement in Transitional Social Roles?
Arif Jetha^1,2, Kristina Theis³ and Michael Alden Boring³, ¹Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, ²Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Post-secondary schooling and/or obtaining employment are milestones of a successful transition to adulthood. It is unclear if young adults, ages 18 to 29 years,…
Abstract Number: 2272 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Performance Contributes Only Marginally in Explaining Fatigue Variation in Persons with RA Moderately Affected By Their Disease
Ingrid Demmelmaier¹, Susanne Pettersson¹, Birgitta Nordgren¹, Alyssa B. Dufour^1,2 and Christina H. Opava¹, ¹Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ²Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a prominent problem in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and often has a detrimental effect on quality of life. Besides variables directly…
Abstract Number: 2273 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Widespread Pain on Incident Knee Pain and Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study
Lisa Carlesso^1,2, Neil Segal³, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴, Barton L. Wise⁵, Laura Frey-Law⁶, Michael C. Nevitt⁷, Anyu Hu⁸ and Tuhina Neogi⁹, ¹Division of Health Care & Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²School of Rehabiliation, Maisonneuve Rosemont Research Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University of Kansas, Shawnee, KS, ⁴Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Int Medicine, UCDMC, Sacramento, CA, ⁶UIowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁷Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁹Clinical Epidemiology, BUSM, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Widespread pain (WSP) may be present in individuals for numerous reasons, and its presence may affect the degree to which people engage in activities.…
Abstract Number: 2274 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increasing Moderate-to-Vigorous Activity and Decreasing Sedentary Time Are Associated with 2-Year Weight Loss in Obese Persons with or at Risk for Knee Osteoarthritis
Christine Pellegrini¹, Jing Song², Rowland W. Chang³, Pamela Semanik⁴, Julia (Jungwha) Lee⁵, Linda S. Ehrlich-Jones⁶, Daniel Pinto⁷ and Dorothy D. Dunlop⁸, ¹Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Preventive Medicine, Biostatistics Collaboration Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Research CROR, Rehabilitation Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁸Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is recommended for weight loss; however it is unclear how activity or sedentary changes influence long-term weight loss in obese…
Abstract Number: 2275 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Burden of Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Comparison of the Radiographic and Non-Radiographic Groups
Gokce Kenar¹, Pinar Cetin¹, Gercek Can¹, Sedat Capar², Handan Yarkan¹, Ismail Sari¹, Merih Birlik¹, Fatos Onen¹ and Nurullah Akkoc³, ¹Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ²Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Statistics, Izmir, Turkey, ³Department of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) represents the whole clinical spectrum of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) including those at the non-radiographic (nr) stage of the disease. Although the…
Abstract Number: 2276 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Knee Pain and Knee Osteoarthritis with Incident Widespread Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study
Lisa Carlesso^1,2, Neil Segal³, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴, Barton L. Wise⁵, Laura Frey-Law⁶, Michael C. Nevitt⁷, Anyu Hu⁸ and Tuhina Neogi⁹, ¹School of Rehabiliation, Maisonneuve Rosemont Research Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Health Care & Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Kansas, Shawnee, KS, ⁴Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Int Medicine, UCDMC, Sacramento, CA, ⁶UIowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁷Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁹Clinical Epidemiology, BUSM, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Widespread pain (WSP) is associated with morbidity, and poor mental and physical functioning, but its etiology is not well understood. It has been hypothesized…
Abstract Number: 2277 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Working Harder to Stay in Control: Patient Reports of Flare in Early RA Are Associated with Higher Disease Activity and More Intensive Self Management
Susan J. Bartlett^1,2, Clifton O. Bingham III³, Daming Lin⁴, Kathleen Andersen⁵, Gilles Boire⁶, Carol Hitchon⁷, Boulos Haraoui⁸, Edward C. Keystone⁹, Diane Tin¹⁰, J Carter Thorne¹¹, Janet E. Pope¹², VP Bykerk⁴ and CATCH Investigators and OMERACT Flare Group, ¹Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁸Institut de Rhumatologie, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) patients attending office visits often report being in a disease flares. We evaluated patient reports of flare in relation to…
Abstract Number: 2278 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Long-Term Physical Activity Trajectories in Individuals with Chronic Widespread Pain Who Received Exercise Treatment As Part of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kathryn Remmes Martin¹, Katie L. Druce¹, Lucia D'Ambruoso² and Gary J. Macfarlane¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: For individuals living with chronic widespread pain (CWP), physical activity (PA) can be an effective non-pharmacological therapy for symptom management. PA Interventions may enhance…
Abstract Number: 2279 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impacts on Work: Arthritis Vs Chronic Joint Symptoms without Arthritis
Kristina A. Theis and Michael Boring, Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: While chronic joint symptoms are characteristic of arthritis, previous studies have shown that many people with chronic joint symptoms do not have doctor-diagnosed arthritis.…
Abstract Number: 2281 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prediction of Fatigue in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Margot Walter¹, T. Martijn Kuijper², Mieke Hazes^2,3, A.E.a.M. Weel⁴ and J.J. Luime⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The prediction of fatigue in early Rheumatoid arthritis patientsBackground/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-related fatigue is a common problem with a high impact on patients. How fatigue develops…

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