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Abstract Number: 0613 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prescription Medications in a Large Urban Medical Center
J. Thomas Berry, William Galanter, Alia Welsh, Sandra Folarin, Reginald Woods and Huan Chang, UIC Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: African Americans and Hispanics with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) continue to have worse disease-related health outcomes relative to Whites. This…
Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2021
Rheumatology Care for the Underserved in Central Texas
Veena Patel, Rajvi Patel and Kevin Hackshaw, Dell Medical School - UT Health Austin, Austin, TX
Background/Purpose: Health disparities exist among the uninsured and access to rheumatology is incredibly limited to this patient population. We reside in a state without Medicaid…
Abstract Number: 0607 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validation Studies of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Diverse Populations at Risk for Inequity: A Systematic Review
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Aimee Wattiaux², Jennifer Petkovic³, Dorcas Beaton⁴, Beverley Shea³, Regina Greer-Smith⁵, Jennifer Humphreys⁶, Christie Bartels⁷, Peter Tugwell³ and Valerie Umaefulam¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Healthcare Research Associates, Hazel Crest, IL, ⁶University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Existing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be limited in their applicability to populations that experience inequities. We conducted a systematic…
Abstract Number: 0618 • ACR Convergence 2021
Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and Serological Response in a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Alice Fike¹, Omer Pamuk², Yiming Luo³, Jun Chu⁴, Yanira Ruiz-Perdomo³, Sarfaraz Hasni³, Pravitt Gourh³ and James Katz⁴, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington, DC, ²NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: The longitudinal experience of COVID-19 illness in patients with rheumatic diseases is emerging. Reports from the general population have described post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2…
Abstract Number: 0617 • ACR Convergence 2021
Concerns and Beliefs About COVID-19 Vaccination Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Maria I. Danila, Lesley Jackson, Amy Mudano, Giovanna Rosas, Jeanne Merchant, Jeffrey Foster and Kenneth Saag, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Alabama lags behind many other states in COVID-19 vaccination uptake and racial/ethnic minority groups face COVID-19 vaccine access disparities. Moreover, lack of vaccination access…
Abstract Number: 0615 • ACR Convergence 2021
Socioeconomic Characteristics Associated with Electronic Health Care Utilization in an Urban Rheumatology Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jenna Thomason¹, Bryanna Mantilla², Alison Bays¹, Irvin Huang¹ and Grant hughes¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²George Washington University, Arlington, VA
Background/Purpose: In the US, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted increased utilization of telemedicine (TM), electronic patient portals (EPPs), and other electronic modalities of health care…
Abstract Number: 0619 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review and Quantitative Analysis
Maya Swaminathan¹, Gloria Shen², Irvin Huang², Diana Louden², Waqas Tahir³ and Namrata Singh⁴, ¹MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, Newcastle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Women are disproportionately affected by rheumatic diseases (RD), with many of them carrying the diagnosis in their childbearing years. Pregnant women with RD have…
Abstract Number: 0621 • ACR Convergence 2021
Case Series of IgG4-related Disease in African American Patients at Two Large Academic Centers
Jonathan Thaler¹, Sunita Dia² and Florina Constantinescu², ¹MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related Disease (IgG4-rD) is a fibroinflammatory disease with highly variable manifestations that can be difficult to diagnose. Response to treatment with prednisone and/or rituximab…
Abstract Number: 0620 • ACR Convergence 2021
Is There a Difference in Disease Activity Between Genders in Axial Spondyloarthritis? 6-year Longitudinal Data from a Large National Cohort
krystel aouad¹, Anne Tournadre², Florian LUCASSON¹, Daniel Wendling³, Anna Molto⁴, Bruno Fautrel⁵ and Laure Gossec⁶, ¹Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Université Clermont Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, INRAE, UNH UMR 1019, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ³Service de rhumatologie, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁴Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁵Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁶Sorbonne Université; APHP, Rheumatology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Recent data suggest differences between men and women with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), in terms of disease activity, disease progression and treatment response [1-3]. Overall,…
Abstract Number: 0616 • ACR Convergence 2021
Race and Socioeconomic Status and COVID-19 Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Findings from a Tertiary Care Center in the Deep South
Adam Taylor, Dongmei Sun, Jeffrey Foster and Maria I. Danila, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The southern United States is home to a large proportion of non-Hispanic Black Americans, a group which has historically been disproportionately affected by healthcare…
Abstract Number: 0610 • ACR Convergence 2021
Evaluating Patient No Show Rates to Rheumatology Appointments Across a Regional Healthcare System
Osman Bhatty¹, Rebecca Schorr², Tarun Sharma¹ and Mary Chester Wasko¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Highmark Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: No-show visits in various clinical settings are costly to providers and to health care systems, potentially representing between 3-14% of a clinic’s yearly income.…
Abstract Number: 0591 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Temporal Association Between Hospital Admissions, Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs Usage and Direct Health Care Costs in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Khalid Almutairi¹, Johannes Nossent¹, David Preen¹, Helen Keen² and Charles Inderjeeth³, ¹University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, ²University of Western Australia, Daglish, Australia, ³University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) carries a substantial burden for patients and society in terms of morbidity, disability, and medical expenses. The Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme…
Abstract Number: 0562 • ACR Convergence 2021
Inpatient Epidemiology and Resource Utilization of Ankylosing Spondylitis: National Inpatient Sample 2018
Patompong Ungprasert¹, Thanat Chaikijurajai², Karn Wijarnpreecha³ and Paul Kroner³, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Little is known about inpatient epidemiology, economic burden and resource utilization of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The current study aims to describe those…
Abstract Number: 0499 • ACR Convergence 2021
Preliminary Assessment of Internal Reliability and Construct Validity of Long and Short-form Assessment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated RAynaud’s Phenomenon (ASRAP) Questionnaires
John Pauling¹, Lan Yu², Christopher Denton³, Tracy Frech⁴, Ariane Herrick⁵, Laura Hummers⁶, Lesley Ann Saketkoo⁷, Ami Shah⁸, Dinesh Khanna⁹ and Robyn Domsic², ¹Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁶Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ⁷University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁸Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The Assessment of Systemic sclerosis-associated RAynaud’s Phenomenon (ASRAP) questionnaire is a novel patient-reported outcome instrument devised to assess the severity and impact of SSc-RP.…
Abstract Number: 0374 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validation of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score with a Quick Quantitative Creactiveprotein Assay (ASDAS-qCRP) in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA): Aprospective, National, Multicenter Study
Fabian Proft¹, Julia Schally², Henning Christian Brandt³, Jan Brandt-Jrgens⁴, Gerd Burmester¹, Hildrun Haibel⁵, Henriette Käding², Kirsten Karberg⁶, Susanne Lüders⁷, Burkhard Muche², Mikhail Protopopov¹, Judith Rademacher¹, Valeria Rios Rodriguez¹, Murat Torgutalp¹, Maryna Verba⁸, Silke Zinke⁹ and Denis Poddubnyy¹⁰, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ³Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumapraxis Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: According to international recommendations, the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) is the preferred score for assessing disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) [1].…

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