Abstracts tagged "Decision analysis"

Abstract Number: 107 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity to Change of the Ultrasound synovitis SONAR Score in RA Patients : Results of the Scqm Cohort
Pascal Zufferey¹, Almut Scherer², Hans Rudolf Ziswiler³, Giorgio Tamborrini⁴, Laure Brulhart⁵ and Burkhard Moeller⁶, ¹Service of Rheumatology, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²SCQM Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵service de Rhumatologie, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁶Rheumatology & Clin Immunology, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Since the end of 2009, an ultrasound scoring call SONAR has been implemented for RA patients as a routine tool in the SCQM registry…
Abstract Number: 908 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Race, Gender and Total Knee Replacement Consideration: The Role of Social Support
Ernest R. Vina¹, Yona Cloonan², Said Ibrahim³, Michael J. Hannon⁴, Robert M. Boudreau⁵ and C. Kent Kwoh⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh and VA Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: There is marked variation in patient preference (i.e. willingness) regarding total knee replacement (TKR), an effective treatment option for end-stage osteoarthritis (OA). Studies have…
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: 1830 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Drugs Are the Major Cost Driver of Rheumatoid Arthritis As Soon As the First Year of the Disease: An Economic Analysis Based On the Espoir Cohort Data
Bruno Fautrel¹, Sandy Lucier², Georges Haour², Hassani Maoulida², Stephanie Harvard¹, Alain Saraux³, Xavier Mariette⁴, Francis Guillemin⁵, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski² and Karine Chevreul², ¹Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France, ²APHP - URC Eco, Paris, France, ³Department of rheumatology and unit of immunology (EA 2216), Université Brest Occidentale, Brest, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ⁵Hopitaux de Brabois, Nancy, France
Background/Purpose: Many studies have explored the economic burden of established RA but few data are available about the determinants of costs in early rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1839 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Progression of the Rate of Biologic Initiation in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Constant Over the First 5 Years in the Espoir Cohort
Stéphanie Emilie¹, Cécile Gaujoux-Viala², Benjamin Granger³, Anne-Christine Rat⁴, Bernard Combe⁵ and Bruno Fautrel⁶, ¹Paris 6,Pierre and Marie Curie University, AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France, ²Paris 6 – Pierre et Marie Curie University; Rheumatology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Biostatistics - GRC08-EEMOIS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ; AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁴CHU Nancy, Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Université de Lorraine, Paris Descartes University, APEMAC, EA 4360, Nancy, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁶Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The European League Against Rheumatism recommends tight control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, tight control of RA may depend on several factors, including patient…
Abstract Number: 2440 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decisional Conflict Among Vulnerable Patient Populations with Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with Limited Health Literacy and Non-English Language
Laura Trupin¹, Jennifer Barton¹, Gina Evans-Young¹, John B. Imboden¹, Andrew J. Gross², Dean Schillinger³ and Edward H. Yelin⁴, ¹Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine and Center for Vulnerable Populations, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Arthritis Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Suboptimal communication in shared decision-making among vulnerable populations has been reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). National and international recommendations for quality health care highlight…
Abstract Number: 2463 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cost-Effectiveness of Tocilizumab Monotherapy Vs. Adalimumab Monotherapy in the Treatment of Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Josh J. Carlson¹, Sarika Ogale², Fred Dejonckheere³ and Sean Sullivan⁴, ¹Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ³F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Health Sciences Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The ADACTA trial found that biologic naïve patients with severe active RA who are methotrexate (MTX) intolerant or in whom continued MTX treatment is…
Abstract Number: 2509 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cost-Effectiveness of Training Rural Providers to Perform Joint Injections
Michael J. Battistone¹, Richard E. Nelson², William D. Ashworth³, Andrea Barker³, Marissa Grotzke⁴, Timothy A. Huhtala⁵, Robert Z. Tashjian⁶ and Grant W. Cannon¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Division of Epidemiology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³General Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Division of Endocrinology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Division of General Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of Orthopaedics, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) have been established by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to provide primary care services to veterans living in…
Abstract Number: 2635 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploring the Influence of Patient Perceptions On Medication Escalation in Daily Practice
Jos Hendrikx¹, Wietske Kievit², Jaap Fransen² and Piet L.C.M. van Riel², ¹Rheumatology (470), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients' and physicians' perceptions of disease can differ and patients who are satisfied with their health do not tend to…