Abstracts tagged "Disability"

Abstract Number: 0160 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sarcopenia in Myositis Patients: A Marker of Muscle Damage Associated with Myositis Severity and Disability
Margherita Giannini¹, Léa Debrut², Anne-Laure Charles², Mégane Pizzimenti², Rose-Marie Javier³, Bernard Geny⁴ and Alain Meyer¹, ¹Service de Physiologie et explorations fonctionnelles, CHU, Strasbourg ; Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, CHU, Strasbourg ; UR3072, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²UR3072 Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³Service de Rhumatologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁴Service de Physiologie et explorations fonctionnelles, CHU, Strasbourg ; UR3072 Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: Myositis are autoimmune diseases characterized by muscle inflammation and weakness. Even when disease is no longer active, a great proportion of patients does not…
Abstract Number: 0196 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Barometric Pressure Waves on Connective Tissue Disorders
Fehmida Zahabi¹ and Kevin Kerr², ¹Texas Rheumatology Care, Plano, TX, ²Chimera Innovations LLC, Allen, TX
Background/Purpose: Pain is a disabling, depressing state which reduces an individual's productivity. Weather changes have been vaguely attributed to cause pain. Previous studies have had…
Abstract Number: 0833 • ACR Convergence 2022
Disability Among Persons with Chronic Severe Back Pain: Results from a Nationally Representative Population Based Sample
Debbie Feldman¹ and Richard Nahin², ¹University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: With the high prevalence of back pain and the high costs associated with the cases that become chronic there has been an emphasis on…
Abstract Number: 0834 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) Questionnaire in the Assessment of Chronic Lower Back Pain
Brendan Thoms¹, Bradley Tompkins² and Chi Chi Lau¹, ¹University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, ²University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Background/Purpose: Chronic lower back pain (LBP) is a common primary care presentation with substantial socio-economic impact. There are several indices to measure pain / function…
Abstract Number: 0849 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Diabetes Status on Pain and Disability Following Total Joint Arthroplasty for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: Variation by Sex and Body Mass Index
J Denise Power¹, Anthony Perruccio², J Roderick Davey², Rajiv Gandhi², Nizar Mahomed², Khalid Syed², Christian Veillette² and Y Raja Rampersaud², ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Hip and knee total joint arthroplasties (TJA) for osteoarthritis (OA) are frequently performed surgical procedures, representing the majority of direct expenditures for OA. TJA…
Abstract Number: 0901 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Household Work Limitations in Mexican Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Impact of the Disease on Women’s Life
Ana Ortiz-Haro¹, Irazu Contreras-Yáñez¹, Guillermo Guaracha Basañez² and Virginia Pascual Ramos³, ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirn", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most frequent chronic inflammatory arthritis with a clear female preponderance. For various reasons, women spend more time on household…
Abstract Number: 1056 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Characterization of a Cohort of Patient with Sclerotic-type Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease with Fascial/joint Involvement
Cristina Hidalgo¹, Concepción Roman², Olga Compan³, Sonia Pastor Navarro⁴, Marta Ibañez⁵, Belen Miguel⁶, Maria Dolores Sanchez⁷, Lucía Pantoja⁸, Carlos Montilla⁵ and Lucía López-Corral², ¹Hospital Universitario Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²Universitary Hospital, Salamanca, Spain, ³Complejo asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Carbajosa De La Sagrada, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁵Complejo asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁶University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain, ⁷Universitary Hospital, Valladolid, Spain, ⁸Complejo Asistencial Hospital General, Segovia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the most frequent complication after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Its chronic form usually involves a multisystemic syndrome that reflects…
Abstract Number: 1070 • ACR Convergence 2022
Discordance of Patient, Physician and Nurse Practitioner Assessment of Disease Burden in Systemic Sclerosis
Maylen Nordgård Carstens¹, Håvard Fretheim¹, Imon Barua¹, Henriette Didriksen², Torhild Garen¹, Øyvind Midtvedt¹, Øyvind Molberg³ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Moss, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Assessment of disease burden is crucial in the management of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The patient global assessment (PatGA) is a patient self-reported measure widely…
Abstract Number: 1336 • ACR Convergence 2022
Productivity Analysis in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Relationship with Quality of Life and Emotional Domain: Preliminary Data from a Monocentric Cohort
Chiara Cardelli¹, Michele Diomedi¹, Simone Barsotti¹, Alessandra Tripoli², Linda Carli¹ and Marta Mosca¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Vecchiano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) are chronic diseases often causing disability in patients, associated with both disease activity and damage accrual. These conditions might reduce…
Abstract Number: 1505 • ACR Convergence 2022
Blue-collar Workers with Psoriatic Arthritis: Disease Activity, Work Disability and Response to Biologics
Nina Colla¹, Julia-Tatjana Maul², Burkhard Moeller³, Michael Nissen⁴, Nikhil Yawalkar⁵, Eleftherios Papagiannoulis⁶, Oliver Distler¹, Adrian Ciurea⁷ and Raphael Micheroli⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ³Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁶Statistics Group, SCQM Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland., Zürich, ⁷University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁸University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Biomechanical stress is a possible trigger of inflammation in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The influence of physically demanding occupations on this potential association has not…
Abstract Number: 1516 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Disease Activity Can Affect Workability in Spondyloarthropaties: A Monocentric Cohort Analysis
Federico Fattorini¹, Cosimo Cigolini², Gabriele Marchetti³, Andrea Delle Sedie⁴, Linda Carli⁵ and Marta Mosca⁵, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ³University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ⁴University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, PISA, Italy
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthropathies (SpA) may compromise the working ability (WA) of patients, often affected by the disease during their productive life. The Work Productivity and Activity…
Abstract Number: 1706 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical and Immunological Factors Associated with Chronic Post-COVID19 Syndrome 12 Months After Acute Infection
Emmanuel Abimelec Camacho-Morán¹, jiram torres-Ruiz¹, Jaquelin Lira-Luna¹, Ana Sofía Vargas-Castro², Alfredo Pérez-Fragoso¹, Miroslava Nuñez-Aguirre², Beatriz Alcalá-Carmona³, Abdiel Absalón-Aguilar³ and Diana Gómez-Martín¹, ¹INCMNSZ, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion "Salvador Zubiran", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Post-COVID19 syndrome has been defined as the persistence of symptoms and/or organic damage for more than three weeks after the presence of clinical infection…
Abstract Number: PP26 • ACR Convergence 2022
Chronically Catherine: A Sex and the City-Inspired Autobiographical Column for Disabled Young Adults on Subjects We Really Care About – Like Disabled Dating and How Hot Cheetos Saved My Life
Catherine Ames¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang¹, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: What if Carrie Bradshaw, sex advice columnist, fashionsta, and all around icon from Sex and the City were chronically ill? Or disabled? That's the…
Abstract Number: 1387 • ACR Convergence 2021
Macrovascular Dysfunction and Its Clinical Implication in Systemic Sclerosis
Devender Bairwa¹, Chengappa Kavadichanda², sanket Shah³, Anoop Mathew¹, saikumar dunga³, Aishwarya Gopal³, Molly Mary Thabah¹ and VirSingh Negi¹, ¹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India, ²JIPMER, Pondicherry, India, ³Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Microvascular dysfunction is a key and determining feature of scleroderma (SSc). But contrary to earlier belief there is emerging evidence to suggest co-occurrence of…
Abstract Number: 1661 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sex-Stratified Patterns of Multimorbidity at RA Onset and Associated Longitudinal Impacts on Disability Over the First Year Follow Up: Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)
Orit Schieir¹, Susan Bartlett², Marie-France Valois², Louis Bessette³, Gilles Boire⁴, Glen Hazlewood⁵, Edward Keystone⁶, Janet Pope⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Diane Tin⁸ and Vivian Bykerk⁹, ¹Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Qubec, Québec City, QC, Canada, ⁴Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁸Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: Chronic disease multimorbidity (MM) is prevalent in RA. As MM can vary in complexity and different combinations of chronic conditions may have different physical…

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