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Abstract Number: 0628 • ACR Convergence 2021
Higher Quality of Care for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Subspecialty Lupus Clinic: A Multi-Setting Cross-Sectional Study
Sidha Sreedharan¹, Ning Li¹, Geoffrey Littlejohn¹, Russell Buchanan², Mandana Nikpour³, Eric Morand⁴, Alberta Hoi⁵ and Vera Golder⁶, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Austin Health, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia, ³University of Melbourne at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health & Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Background/Purpose: Healthcare quality for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a modifiable target for improving patient outcomes. Disease-specific subspecialty lupus clinics may offer experienced healthcare professionals,…
Abstract Number: 0627 • ACR Convergence 2021
Increasing Rates of Standardized Depression Screening in Adolescents and Young Adults with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic
Emily Datyner¹, Manda Mitchell¹, Brooke Fine¹, Barron Patterson¹, T. Brent Graham¹ and Alaina Davis², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt Universty Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Depression is common and adversely affects health outcomes in adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous (cSLE).1,2 The aim of our quality…
Abstract Number: 0622 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ethnic Disparities in Giant-Cell Arteritis: A Clinical Comparison Among Caucasian and Hispanic Patients in the Inland Empire of Southern California
Kathleena D'Anna and Mehrnaz Hojjati, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Giant-Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis among North Americans, historically described in Caucasian populations, with limited clinical data in other ethnic…
Abstract Number: 0633 • ACR Convergence 2021
Value of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) as a Disease Activity Measure in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Johny Fares¹, Andrea Healy¹ and Martin Bergman², ¹Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, ²Martin Jan Bergman, MD, Ridley Park, PA
Background/Purpose: The RAPID3 is a patient-reported pooled index of three measures: function, pain, and patient global estimate of status, that is used to classify disease…
Abstract Number: 0632 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of COVID-19 and Telehealth on RAPID3 Screening in an Academic Rheumatology Practice: Identifying Disparities in Care
Poorva Apte¹, Robert Overton², Ricardo Henao¹, Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos², Jayanth Doss¹, Megan Clowse³ and David Leverenz¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Measuring disease activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis is important for providing optimal treat-to-target care. The COVID-19 pandemic has widened disparities in care among…
Abstract Number: 0630 • ACR Convergence 2021
Telemedicine in Rheumatology Care: A Systematic Review
Lesley Jackson¹, Timothy Edgil², Brittany Hill³, Catherine H. Smith⁴, Jasvinder Singh¹ and Maria I. Danila¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Brookwood Baptist Health, Leeds, AL, ⁴Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a dramatic uptake of telemedicine in rheumatology. Given the impact of the pandemic on care delivery, we…
Abstract Number: 0634 • ACR Convergence 2021
Correlation Between the Functional Component of the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (FN), Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ), Health Assessment Questionnaire II (HAQ-II) and a Single Functional Question (PF) in Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Andrea Healy¹, Johny Fares¹, Martin Bergman², Kaleb Michaud³, Alison Petro³ and Harlan Sayles³, ¹Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, ²Martin Jan Bergman, MD, Ridley Park, PA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: There has been significant work developing questionnaires to find effective and reliable ways of characterizing the functional status of patients, to track disease progression…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2021
Contraceptive and Pre-conception Counseling in an Academic Rheumatology Practice: A Needs Assessment to Identify Gaps in Care
Tara Skorupa¹, Guiset Carvajal², Kristin Sturm¹, Ju Young Kwag³, JoAnn Zell¹ and Kristen Demoruelle¹, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Colorado, CO, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune conditions affect women of childbearing age, and teratogenic medications are commonly prescribed as treatment. In this study, we surveyed rheumatology patients to…
Abstract Number: 0635 • ACR Convergence 2021
Correlation Between Provider Documentation and Patient Experience with Contraceptive Counseling in an Academic Rheumatology Practice
Guiset Carvajal Bedoya¹, Tara Skorupa², Kristin Sturm², Ju Young Kwag², Kristen Demoruelle³ and JoAnn Zell³, ¹University of Colorado, aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ³University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: In a prior survey of providers and patients (Chakravarty 2014), it became apparent that clear gaps exist in provider-patient communication, affecting the delivery and…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2021
Provider Assessment of Telehealth Utility During COVID-19
Catherine Howe¹, Isaac Smith¹, Robert Overton², Ricardo Henao², Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos², Jayanth Doss³, Megan Clowse⁴ and David Leverenz³, ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic forced the provision of telehealth care to rheumatology patients with a broader range of diagnoses and disease activity than previously studied.…
Abstract Number: 0625 • ACR Convergence 2021
Brief Tailored Clinic Intervention (A-MATIC) Targets Nonadherence During SLE Visits: Two-year Sustainability and Outcomes
Shivani Garg¹, Betty Chewning¹, Shelby Gomez¹ and Christie Bartels², ¹UW Madison, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Up to 83% of SLE patients are nonadherent to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) which can result in up to 8-fold higher risk of early death. Yet,…
Abstract Number: 0606 • ACR Convergence 2021
How Might We Care for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients Unable to See a Rheumatologist And/or Use Certain of Our Medications? Proposed Preliminary Recommendations for RA Patients Who Don’t Meet Our Established Guidelines
Nicole Zagelbaum Ward¹, Abhimanyu Amarnani¹, Baljeet Rai², Corinne Feldman¹, Brett Feldman¹ and Richard Panush¹, ¹LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²LAC USC, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Physicians share responsibilities to promote social justice and assure equitable healthcare for all. Street medicine (SM) is a field dedicated to address the need…
Abstract Number: 0577 • ACR Convergence 2021
Comorbidity Burden as Scored Using the Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index (RDCI) Is Associated with Varying Treatment Patterns in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis – a Study Using the EHR-Derived Rheumatic and Arthritis Disease Information Registry (RADIR)
Diviya Rajesh, Deanna Jannat-Khah, Huong Do, Jonah Levine, Medha Barbhaiya, Lisa Mandl and Vivian Bykerk, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Higher comorbidity burden (CB) has been associated with treatment choices in RA, but not assessed in populations including multiple forms of inflammatory arthritis (IA)…
Abstract Number: 0514 • ACR Convergence 2021
Extracellular Sulfatase-2 Mediates TNF-α Inflammatory Signaling in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Ruby Siegel¹, Anil singh¹, Judy Vinh¹, H. Mark Kenney², Edward Schwarz³, David Fox⁴, Sadik Khuder⁵ and Salah-uddin Ahmed¹, ¹Washington State University, Spokane, WA, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Toledo,, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: TNF-α drives RA synovial fibroblast (RASF)-mediated hyperplasia and joint tissue destruction. Extracellular sulfatase-2 (Sulf-2) influences receptor/ligand binding and subsequent signaling of chemokines, cytokines, and…
Abstract Number: 0389 • ACR Convergence 2021
Use of Nintedanib for the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease at Expert Scleroderma Centers in the United States
Elana Bernstein¹, John VanBuren², Shervin Assassi³, Flavia Castelino⁴, Lorinda Chung⁵, Chase Correia⁶, Luke Evnin⁷, Tracy Frech², Emily Startup², Jessica Gordon⁸, Faye Hant⁹, Laura Hummers¹⁰, Nora Sandorfi¹¹, Ami Shah¹², Victoria Shanmugam¹³, Virginia Steen¹⁴ and Dinesh Khanna¹⁵, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁷Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹³The George Washington University, Great Falls, VA, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ¹⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) affects 40-60% of adults with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is the leading cause of death in this population. Nintedanib, a…

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