Abstracts tagged "Assessment"

Abstract Number: 927 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Shared Decision Making in Secondary Care: Rheumatologic Patient’s Perspective
Raphael Battisti¹, Thiago D. Baumgratz², Mirella Cuziol³, Ana Carolina Reiff Janini³, Roger A. Levy⁴ and Mirhelen M. Abreu⁵, ¹Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Medical Student, São Carlos, Brazil, ²Medicine, Medical Student, São Carlos, Brazil, ³Medicine, Medical Student at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil, ⁴Medicine, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁵Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the willingness for shared decision making (SDM) of rheumatologic patients. Methods: All rheumatic disease patients assisted at a…
Abstract Number: 2591 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Examination Skills of 4th Year Medical Students Using a Novel Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Seetha U. Monrad¹, Lisa DiPonio², Cliff Craig³, John Zeller³ and R. Brent Stansfield⁴, ¹Div of Rheumatology, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Orthopaedic Surgery, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Medical Education, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: University of Michigan (UM) medical students participate in integrated musculoskeletal sequences during their preclinical years, but subsequently there are few opportunities for assessment of…
Abstract Number: 535 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduced Joint Counts Misclassify Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with Oligoarthritis and Miss Significant Active Disease
Laura C. Coates¹, Oliver FitzGerald², Dafna D. Gladman³, Neil J. McHugh⁴, Philip J. Mease⁵, Vibeke Strand⁶, Philip S. Helliwell⁷ and GRAPPA Composite Exercise (GRACE) collaboration⁸, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Dept of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's Univ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁶Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Portola Valley, CA, ⁷PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Leeds
Background/Purpose: Despite recommendations to use full joint counts to assess patients with PsA, reduced joint counts designed for RA are often used for reporting outcomes…
Abstract Number: 2605 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploration of Possible Preliminary Descriptions of Remission Based On RAPID3, without Laboratory Tests or Formal Joints Counts but with Careful Joint Examinations, in the Etude Et Suivi Des Polyarthrites Indifférenciées Récentes (ESPOIR) Cohort of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Isabel Castrejón¹, Maxime Dougados², Bernard Combe³, Bruno Fautrel⁴ and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology B Department, Paris-Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁴Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Criteria for remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been developed according to DAS28 (disease activity score), CDAI (clinical disease activity index), and two recent…
Abstract Number: 405 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Frequencies of Boolean and Index Based ACR-EULAR Remissions Differ Slightly Depending On the Method of Patient Global Assessment
Paul Studenic¹, Josef S. Smolen¹ and Daniel Aletaha², ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Two definitions of remission have been put forward by the ACR and EULAR: a Boolean based, requiring swollen and tender joint counts (SJC, TJC),…
Abstract Number: 2584 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Bone Erosion Assessment On High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Waraporn Srikhum¹, Warapat Virayavanich¹, Andrew J. Burghardt², Andrew Yu¹, Thomas M. Link¹, John B. Imboden³ and Xiaojuan Li⁴, ¹Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The goals of this project were (i) to develop novel quantitative and semiquantitative measures of bone erosions at the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and wrist joints…
Abstract Number: 245 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Similarities of Patient Self-Report Scores From a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ), Laboratory Tests, Physician Global Assessment, and Polyarticular Involvement in Patients with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Isabel Castrejón¹, Yusuf Yazici² and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are distinct diagnoses, based on widely differing pathogenetic mechanisms and treatments. However, OA patients may experience functional disability,…
Abstract Number: 2363 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Disease Activity in Large Vessel Vasculitis: Initial Results of an International Delphi Exercise
Sibel Z. Aydin¹, Haner Direskeneli², Eric L. Matteson³ and Peter A. Merkel⁴, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Medeniyet University, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Assessment of disease activity in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) is challenging. The lack of specific, validated outcome measurements for both Takayasu’s (TAK) and giant…
Abstract Number: 129 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Automated, Computer-Based Assessment and Visually Assessed Disease Activity Scores in ICG-Enhanced Fluorescence Optical Imaging in Patients with Rheumatic Disorders: A Feasibility Study
Stephanie G. Werner¹, Michael Schirner², Hans-Eckhard Langer³, Mathias Cziumplik², Jörn Berger², Marina Backhaus¹ and Malte Bahner², ¹Rheumatology/Immunology, Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ²mivenion GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ³RHIO (Rheumatology, Immunology, Osteology) Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Modern diagnostic imaging technologies including US and MRI become increasingly important in the management of rheumatic joint disorders. Semiquantitative scores, like the RAMRIS or…
Abstract Number: 2104 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis of Inflammation, Joint Damage and “Unexplained Symptoms” (e.g., Fibromyalgia) in Addition to Overall Status, According to 4 Physician Global Estimates Scored 0-10
Isabel Castrejón¹, Martin J. Bergman² and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, PA
Background/Purpose: A physician global estimate (DOCGL) of patient clinical status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is scored by many rheumatologists entirely based on inflammation, but others…
Abstract Number: 96 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality of Care: Reference and Counter Reference From Family Physicians and Rheumatologists’ perspectives– A Pilot Study
Thiago D. Baumgratz¹, Raphael Battisti¹, Mirella Cuziol², Ana Carolina Reiff Janini², R.A. Levy³ and Mirhelen M. Abreu⁴, ¹Medical Student at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil, ²Medicine, Medical Student at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil, ³Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁴Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: We delineated family physicians' and rheumatologists’ point of view when primary care is facing cases of rheumatic diseases. We also tried to identify barriers…
Abstract Number: 2108 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Four Parameters That Drive the Discordance Between the Patient and Physician Global Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
William Bensen¹, Denis Choquette², Milton F. Baker³, Susan M. Otawa⁴ and Hayssam Khalil⁴, ¹St. Joseph's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal (IRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, ⁴Medical Affairs, Janssen Canada Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patient (PtGA) and physician (MDGA) global assessment of disease activity are standard outcome measures used to ascertain physician and patient subjective perception of disease…
Abstract Number: 106 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a 6 Joint Simplified Ultrasonographic Score to Assess Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tomas Cazenave¹, Christian A. Waimann², Gustavo Citera¹ and Marcos G. Rosemffet¹, ¹Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology section, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound has become a routinely available bedside method for the evaluation of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). However, it is time consuming, making it…
Abstract Number: 2109 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discrepancy Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments Over Time in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pooneh Akhavan¹, Vivian P. Bykerk², Juan Xiong³, Janet E. Pope⁴, Boulos Haraoui⁵, J. Carter Thorne⁶, Gilles Boire⁷, Carol A. Hitchon⁸, Diane Tin⁹, Edward Keystone¹⁰ and CATCH¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, Divsion of Rheumatology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Toronto
Background/Purpose: Discrepancy between patient (PGA) and physician (MDGA) global assessments in RA can adversely affect therapeutic decisions in many cases. The purpose of this study…
Abstract Number: 77 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comorbid Conditions Do Not Explain Divergent Patient Assessments of Disease Activity and Global Health in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dörte Huscher¹, Katja Thiele², Sascha Bischoff², Ulrich von Hinüber³, Guido Hoese⁴, Kirsten Karberg⁵, Wolfgang Ochs⁶ and Angela Zink⁷, ¹German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Hildesheim, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Stadthagen, Germany, ⁵Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Bayreuth, Germany, ⁷Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the discussion of the 2010 ACR/EULAR remission criteria the issue has been raised to what extent patients are able to distinguish rheumatoid arthritis…

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