Abstracts tagged "Demographics"

Abstract Number: 0179 • ACR Convergence 2025
Digital Divide in Rheumatology: Patterns of Technology and AI Adoption Across Generations of Specialists
CARLA F DIONELLO¹, ANA F PADUA², Claudia Marques³, BRUNA L PORTO⁴, LEONARDO R CAMPOS⁵, RODRIGO OLIVEIRA⁶, GUSTAVO GM BALBI⁷, RODRIGO LUPPINO-ASSAD⁶, YURE G AZEVEDO⁸, LUIZ F DIPE⁹, BRUNO BORDALLO⁵, Cleandro Pires¹⁰, Licia Maria Henrique da Mota¹⁰ and PAULA MONTINA¹⁰, ¹FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO - UFRJ, RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²SANTA CASA MG, BELO HORIZONTE, Minas Gerais, Brazil, ³Hospital das Clinicas - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, ⁴UNIVATES, SÃO LEOPOLDO, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ⁵UFF, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁶FMRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁷UFJF, JUIZ DE FORA, Minas Gerais, Brazil, ⁸SCR, SOBRAL, Ceara, Brazil, ⁹GRUPO AMIL, SÃO PAULO, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁰UNB, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The integration of digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI) in rheumatology practice has advanced rapidly. However, disparities in adoption across generations of specialists remain…
Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Treatment-Refractory Axial Spondyloarthritis: Data from the Greek AxSpA Registry
Nikolaos Kougkas¹, Konstantinos Tsafis², Dimitrios Deligeorgakis³, Vasileios Papadopoulos⁴, Nikolaos Fytanidis⁵, Michail Krikelis⁶, Evangelia Mole⁷, Sousana Gazi⁷, Nikolaos Koletsos⁸, EVRIPIDIS KALTSONOUDIS⁹, Paraskevi V Voulgari¹⁰, Anastasios Karamanakos¹¹, Maria Pappa¹², Maria Tektonidou¹³, Petros Sfikakis¹⁴, Kalliopi Klavdianou¹⁵, aggelos Banos¹⁶, Eleni Kalavri¹⁷, Konstantinos Kottas¹⁸, Gkikas Katsifis¹⁸, MARIA KONSTA¹⁹, Eleftheria Grika²⁰, Charalampos Sfontouris²⁰, Evgenia Mavrea²¹, Christos Koutsianas²², Evangelia Kataxaki²³, Eleni Sampatakaki²⁴, Konstantina Zoupidou²⁵, Pelagia Katsimpri²⁶, Alexios Iliopoulos²⁷, Georgios Iliopoulos²⁸, Dimitrios Daousis²⁹, Ilias Bournazos³⁰, DIMITRIOS KAROKIS³¹, Dimos Patrikos³², Theodoros Dimitroulas³, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos²¹, George E Fragoulis³³ and Charalampos Papagoras³⁴, ¹⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²Hippokration University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ³Hippokration University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁴Department of Medicine Democritus University of Thrace, Laboratory of Anatomy, Alexandroupolis, Greece, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece, ⁵University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, First Department of Internal Medicine, Alexandroupolis, Greece, Alexandroupolis, Greece, ⁶KAT Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece,, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁷Rheumatology department, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁸School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Department of Rheumatology, Ioannina, Greece, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, University of Ioannina, IOANNINA, Ioannina, Greece, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ¹¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens “Laiko”, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ¹³National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ¹⁴NKUA - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Athens, Greece, ¹⁵Asklepieion" General Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Αthens, Greece, Kaisariani Athens, Greece, ¹⁶Asklepieion" General Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Αthens, Greece, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ¹⁷"Asklepieion" General Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Αthens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹⁸Naval Hospital of Athens, Rheumatology Clinic, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹⁹Sismanoglion Hospital, Athens, Greece, Marousi, Attiki, Greece, ²⁰Evaggelismos Athens General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens “Hippokration”, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, ²nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²²Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens “Hippokration”, Athens, Greece, ²³General Hospital Elefsinas Thriaseio,Attica, Rheumatology Department, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²⁴Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ²⁵Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²⁶Joint Rheumatology Program, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ²⁷⁴¹⁷ Army Share Fund Hospital (NIMTS), Department of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece, ZOGRAFOU, Greece, ²⁸Patras University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Department of Rheumatology, Patras, Greece, Patras, Akhaia, Greece, ²⁹Patras University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Department of Rheumatology, Patras, Greece, Patra, Greece, ³⁰Private practice, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ³¹Private practice, Patras, Greece, Patras, Greece, ³²Private practice, Athens, Greece, Ag. Paraskevi, Greece, ³³First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ³⁴First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that significantly impairs quality of life. Although biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) have improved disease…
Abstract Number: 1394 • ACR Convergence 2025
Burden of Comorbidities Across EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI) Domains: Treatment Prevalence Among Commercially Insured Sjögren’s Patients in the United States
Minoti Ganguli, Annie Kilby, Ahva Shahabi and Tsu-Chieh Jay Lin, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s disease (SjD) is a systemic disorder characterized by exocrine gland inflammation, leading to dry eyes/mouth, and multiple organ systems involvement1. The European League…
Abstract Number: 1393 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence of Sjögren’s Disease in the United States – A Retrospective Cohort Study Among a Commercially Insured Population (2019-2023)
Minoti Ganguli, Annie Kilby, Ahva Shahabi and Tsu-Chieh Jay Lin, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s disease (SjD) is a systemic autoimmune condition characterized by diverse clinical manifestations, which often complicates diagnosis and disease management1. Previous epidemiological estimates of…
Abstract Number: 1263 • ACR Convergence 2025
Health Literacy diversity among rheumatology patients: insights from a tertiary rheumatology centre
Cristina Calomarde-Gomez¹, Mrinalini Dey², Chris Wincup³, María Alonso de Francisco⁴, Christina Cheng⁵, Richard Osborne⁵ and Elena Nikiphorou⁶, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ²Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁴H. U. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Tres Cantos, Spain, ⁵La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁶King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Health literacy is a potential social determinant of health, fundamental to patient engagement, clinical communication, and long-term outcomes of disease. Understanding health literacy at…
Abstract Number: 1153 • ACR Convergence 2025
New Disease Classification in the Block? A 5-year Retrospective Review on Clinical Profiles and Mortality Outcomes of Patients Presenting with Hematoinflammatory Syndromes at a University Center in Florida
Cristine Kuzhuppilly Arcilla¹, Gabriel Kirsch², Michael Cargill² and Gurjit Kaeley³, ¹University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²University of Florida - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: The novel diagnosis of VEXAS in 2020 led to the proposed possibility of a new category of hematoinflammatory syndromes linking clinically overlapping hematologic and…
Abstract Number: 2666 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rare TNFAIP3 Hypomorphic Variants are a Massively Underestimated Driver of Human Autoinflammatory Disease
Danica Lee¹, Urekha Karri², Yiming Luo³, Kader Cetin Gedik⁴, Manuel Carpio Tumba⁵, Prabal Chhibbar⁶, Priyamvada Roy⁶, Guido Falduto⁷, Jishnu Das⁵ and Daniella Schwartz⁵, ¹University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²School of public health, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, ⁷University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: TNFAIP3 encodes the ubiquitin editing enzyme A20, which inhibits multiple proinflammatory signaling pathways. Heterozygous germline mutations in TNFAIP3 cause the autoinflammatory disease Haploinsufficiency of…
Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR Convergence 2025
Depression and Mental Health Service Gaps in Autoimmune Disease: Insights from a Simulated BRFSS Dataset
Malay Rathod¹, Shivani Modi², Veera Durga Vaishnavi Kurra³, Karan Yagnik⁴ and Doantrnag Du⁴, ¹Monmouth Medical Center, Ewing, NJ, ²Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Ewign, NJ, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases are complex conditions that may predispose individuals to an increased mental health burden, including depression. The immune system leads to inflammation in…
Abstract Number: 2615 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Cost of Complexity: Financial Toxicity in Rheumatic Disease, Cancer, and Their Intersection
Manush Sondhi¹, Bhavik Bansal², Hemant Khandelia¹, Jiha Lee³, Sebastian E Sattui⁴, Siddharth Singh⁵ and Namrata Singh⁶, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁶University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Financial toxicity (FT) is the financial burden of accessing health care, well known in cancer and increasingly seen in rheumatic disease (RD). We compared…
Abstract Number: 1012 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial and Gender Disparities in Gout Clinical Trials
Fizza Zulfiqar¹, Dania Kaur², Meaghan Bethea³, Taylor Spencer⁴, Samhitha Bitla⁵, Abhinav Vyas⁶ and Camelia Arsene⁷, ¹Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI, ²North Alabama Medical Center, Muscle Shoals, AL, ³Trinity Health Oakland Hopsital, Pontiac, MI, ⁴Trinity Health Oaklnd Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁵Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁶Vanderbilt University, Nashvile, TN, ⁷Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac
Background/Purpose: To develop effective novel treatment strategies for Gout disease that cater to patients from diverse backgrounds, it is crucial that all racial groups, without…
Abstract Number: 2558 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Patient Perceptions of Home Infusion Therapy in the Treatment of Rheumatologic Conditions
Leslie Myers¹, Elizabeth Neal², Edward O'Bryan¹, Michele Way³ and Timothy Walton¹, ¹CSI Pharmacy, Nash, ²CSI Pharmacy, Nash, TX, ³CSI Pharmacy, Olathe, KS
Background/Purpose: Home infusion therapy is an established alternative site of care for patients requiring administration of infusion medications through a needle or catheter. Supported by…
Abstract Number: 0703 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trends and Disparities in Systemic Sclerosis-related Mortality Rates in the United States from 1999 to 2023
Nicolas Barnechea Alvarado¹, Khadija Mohib¹, Rameez Qasim² and Muhammad Ali³, ¹Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV, ²Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, ³Dow International Medical College, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis is one of the most fatal rheumatologic diseases, with significantly higher mortality rates compared to the general population, likely due to its…
Abstract Number: 0724 • ACR Convergence 2024
Incidence of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in a Northern Spanish Health Region Between 2000-2023: A Populatio-based Study
Fabricio Benavides¹, Alba Herrero-Morant², Salma Al Fazazi³, Vanesa Calvo-Rio⁴, Mónica Renuncio-García⁵, Adrián Martín-Gutiérrez⁶, Amparo Sánchez-López⁷, Claudia Poo-fernandez⁷, Clara Escagedo-Cagigas⁷, Maria Rodríguez-Vidriales¹ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁸, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Ontinyent, Cantabria, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁵Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Renedo de Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) is a group of vasculitis that affect small vessels. Includes Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), Eosinophilic granulomatosis with…
Abstract Number: 0733 • ACR Convergence 2024
Inpatient Outcomes in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: An In-Depth Cross-Sectional Analysis Using NIS Data (2016-2020)
Sai Shanmukha Sreeram Pannala¹, fares Saliba², Medha Rajamanuri³ and Veena Katikineni⁴, ¹Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, staten island, new york city, NY, ²Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, ³Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, ⁴Providence, Victorville, CA
Background/Purpose: Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are a heterogeneous group of rare autoimmune conditions characterized by inflammation of blood vessels, leading to various clinical…
Abstract Number: 1020 • ACR Convergence 2024
Health Inequalities Exist Between the United States and Europe for Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Elena Nikiphorou¹, Alexis Ogdie², Dan Twigg³, Emily Quiñones⁴, You-Li Ling⁵, Karim Masri⁶, Joseph C. Cappelleri⁷, Lidia Sanchez-Riera⁸, Megan Hughes⁹ and NICOLA MASSEY⁹, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁷Pfizer, Groton, ⁸Pfizer, Madrid, ⁹Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Structural differences exist between the healthcare systems in the United States (US) and Europe. In real-world clinical settings, we investigated whether these differences create…

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