Abstract Number: 2254 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Socio-Economically Deprived Patients Have a Higher Likelihood for Having Any Type of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases and Have Higher Healthcare Costs – Results from a Population-Based Administrative Database Including 1.9 Million Persons (Basque country, Spain)
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are prevalent and have a strong impact on health care costs. Some evidence in specific diseases indicates that patients…Abstract Number: 2255 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Capillaroscopic Patterns in a Healthy Population
Background/Purpose: Capillaroscopy is a noninvasive and safe method that allows visualization of the capillaries in the finger nailfold, it is useful in the evaluation of…Abstract Number: 2256 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics, Laboratory Findings and Nailfold Capillaroscopy Microscopy Patterns in a Monocentric Series of 123 Patients with Idiopathic Pernio
Background/Purpose: Few studies have looked at the characteristics of patients diagnosed with pernio and the significance of the use of capillaroscopy in these patients. The…Abstract Number: 2257 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decline of Lung Function Is Associated with the Presence of Rheumatoid Factor in Korean Health Screening Subjects without Clinically Apparent Lung Diseases
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factor (RF) is an autoantibody directed against the Fc component of IgG. It is present in approximately 70-80% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients…Abstract Number: 2259 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Obesity, Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Associated with Arthritis: Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal National Population Health Survey
Background/Purpose: While cross-sectional evidence points to a higher prevalence of cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors in persons with arthritis, longitudinal population based studies are lacking. The…Abstract Number: 2260 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Prevalence of Hypomagnesemia and Its Relation to BMI, Type 2 Diabetes, and Clinical Disease Measures in a VA Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic Population
Background/Purpose: Magnesium plays an essential role in multiple cellular reactions, and there is increasing interest in its role in inflammation and pain. It has been…Abstract Number: 2261 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Musculoskeletal Pain, Fat Mass and Fat Free Mass: Results from a Population-Based Study
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal pain has been shown to commonly occur at multiple sites. This is likely to have a greater impact on abilities to undertake activities…Abstract Number: 2262 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Novel Study Instrument to Identify Household Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders – Development and Validation
Background/Purpose: Household work is significant cause of musculoskeletal pain, particularly in the South Asian setting where household work is labour intensive and manually performed. But,…Abstract Number: 2263 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Construct and Convergent Validity of Four Global Measures of at-Work Productivity Loss in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Several global measures are available to assess at-work productivity loss in rheumatic diseases. Paucity in research exploring the construct validity of such measures contributes…Abstract Number: 2264 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Social Burden of Active Chronic Low Back Pain in the Adult Portuguese Population – Results from a National Survey
Background/Purpose: The prevalence and burden of chronic low back pain (CLBP) were ill defined in Portugal. The aim of this study was to determine, the…Abstract Number: 2265 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Physical and Mental Health Patterns of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases in Portugal: Results from a National Health Survey
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (MSKD) are a prevalent leading cause of disability and consume a large amount of healthcare and social resources. MSKD have been…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
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
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
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
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…
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