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Abstract Number: 2260 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Patients’ Journeys Through Giant Cell Arteritis: A Qualitative Study
Jennie Best¹, Ivan Nunez ², Kristina Woodburn ², Abby Breyer ², Mike Conway ² and Margaret Michalska ¹, ¹Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Azul Seven, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is difficult due to multiple presenting symptoms, and access to care may be delayed because often multiple providers…
Abstract Number: 2261 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marisel Vanesa Bejarano¹, Anastasia Secco ², Marta mamani ², Felix Romanini ² and Natalia Tamborenea ³, ¹Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Caba, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Hospital Rivadavia, Caba, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Hospital Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: There is growing evidence that complex interactions between individual's genetic susceptibility, immunological processes, and environmental factors such as stress , increase the risk of…
Abstract Number: 2262 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Illness Perception in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Pulmonary Involvement
Bruna Giusto Bunjes¹, Percival Degrava Sampaio-Barros ² and Ana Paula Luppino-Assad ³, ¹1- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Lung disease is the current leading cause of death and the most common severe complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), causing a significant adverse impact in quality of…
Abstract Number: 2263 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Qualitative Study Evaluating Near-Patient Tools Including a Mobile Application for Earlier RA Referral; Potential to Reduce Chronic Disease Burden
Norma Biln ¹, Simran Chahal¹, Bruce Clarke ² and Alison Warner ², ¹Augurex Life Sciences Corp, Vancouver, Canada, ²B2 Consulting, Kelowna, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, debilitative autoimmune disease. Patients who are treated with disease modifying therapy within 6-12 weeks of symptom onset have…
Abstract Number: 2264 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Prescribing Exercise: Facilitators and Barriers to the Successful Implementation of Physical Activity Guidelines in Inflammatory Arthritis
Lauren Freid¹, Alexis Ogdie ² and Joshua Baker ³, ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Physical Activity (PA) is beneficial for people with inflammatory arthritis (IA). In 2018, EULAR published the first recommendations for guiding PA in patients with…
Abstract Number: 2265 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Effects of Message Framing on Patients’ Perceptions and Willingness to Switch to a Biosimilar
Chiara Gasteiger ¹, Annie Jones ¹, Maria Kleinstauber ¹, Maria Lobo ², Robert Horne ³, Keith Petrie ¹ and Nicola Dalbeth¹, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Patients may hold negative perceptions towards biosimilars which can create barriers to their uptake. Physicians also report uncertainty in how best to explain biosimilars.…
Abstract Number: 2266 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Treatment Preferences in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Dafne Capelusnik¹, Emilce Schneeberger ², Leonela Lysseth Macias Oviedo ¹, Juan Manuel Sevillano Gutierrez ³ and Gustavo Citera ⁴, ¹Instituto de Rehabilitacion Psicofisica, CABA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Instituto de Rehabilitacion Psicofisica, CABA, Argentina, ⁴Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Due to the increasing tendency of involving patients in decisions regarding their health care and knowing the need for further research on patients' preferences…
Abstract Number: 2267 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Association Between Non-restorative Sleep and Diurnal Patterns of Cognitive Function and Fatigue in People with Fibromyalgia and Matched Controls
Daniel Whibley¹, David Williams ², Daniel Clauw ³ and Anna Kratz ⁴, ¹University of Aberdeen; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Anesthesia, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Non-restorative sleep is associated with poorer cognitive function and greater fatigue, not only in people living with fibromyalgia (FM), but also in the general…
Abstract Number: 2268 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Preferences and Insights for Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Prevention Trial Participation
Chelsie Fleischer¹, Marie Feser ², Elizabeth Bemis ³, Christopher Striebich ⁴, LauraKay Moss ⁴, Vasilisa Kormendi ⁵, Sharon White ⁵, V. Michael Holers ⁶, Mark Harrison ⁷ and Kevin Deane ², ¹University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO USA, Aurora, ²University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Health, Aurora, CO USA, Aurora, ⁴University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO USA, Aurora, CO, ⁵University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO USA, Aurora, CO, ⁶University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Denver, ⁷The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development, autoantibodies to citrullinated protein antigens (ACPA) are elevated in the blood before clinically-apparent synovitis develops. These findings underpin the…
Abstract Number: 2269 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Major Stressors in the Year Prior to Diagnosis Affects RA Characteristics at Presentation and 1 Year
Nicole Andersen¹, Orit Schieir ², Marie-France Valois ³, Gilles Boire ⁴, Janet Pope ⁵, Glen Hazlewood ⁶, Louis Bessette ⁷, Carol Hitchon ⁸, Diane Tin ⁹, Carter Thorne ¹⁰, Edward Keystone ¹¹, Vivian Bykerk ¹², Susan J. Bartlett ¹ and Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Investigators ¹³, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Montreal, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁴Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ⁷Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ⁹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Canada, ¹⁰Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, ¹³Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Study, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although many RA patients attribute their disease onset to recent life events, results from retrospective studies remain unclear. We compared characteristics of newly diagnosed…
Abstract Number: 2270 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Pilot Study of the Psychosocial Impact of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
Juliette Kleinman¹, Ecem Sevim ², Medha Barbhaiya ³, Joann Vega ¹, Carol Mancuso ², Michael Lockshin ⁴ and Lisa Sammaritano ⁵, ¹Hosptial for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Background/Purpose: Despite increased awareness related to the diagnosis and treatment of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD), there is a dearth of research on the psychosocial…
Abstract Number: 2271 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Sexual Health, Intimacy and Rheumatology Practices
Julie Schwartzman-Morris¹, Arianna Leo ² and Preeya Nandkumar ², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic illness often face challenges with their sexual health and intimacy. The issues can be inherent to the disease state, self-image, or…
Abstract Number: 2272 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Self-reported Anxiety, Depression and Levels of Physical Activity in Patients with Adult Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Kristofer Andreasson¹, Helene Alexanderson ¹ and Heléne Sandlund ², ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) comprise dermatomyositis (DM), necrotizing myopathy (NM), antisynthetase syndrome (ASS), overlap myositis and inclusion body myositis (IBM). Impaired muscle…
Abstract Number: 2273 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Risk of Serious Infections in Offspring According to TNFi Subtypes
Evelyne Vinet¹, Yvan St-Pierre ¹, Cristiano S. Moura ¹, Jeffrey Curtis ² and Sasha Bernatsky ³, ¹McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: TNFi subtypes have differential placental transfer, with some reaching higher fetal than maternal blood levels. Thus, certain TNFi subtypes could cause immunosuppression in the offspring.…
Abstract Number: 2274 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Targeted Education Improves Awareness of Reproductive Health Issues Among Women with Rheumatologic Diseases
Sonya Selvaraj¹, Tanya Allawh ², Meagan Clark ¹, Sneha Patel ³, Christina Payne ⁴ and Arundathi Jayatilleke ¹, ¹Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, ²Hahnemann, Philadelphia, PA, ³Einstein Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁴Allegheny General, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Managing rheumatologic conditions in women of childbearing age necessitates consideration of reproductive health issues. We studied reproductive health awareness in women with rheumatic disease…

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