Abstracts tagged "Disability"

Abstract Number: 229 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disability Status, Mortality, and Leading Causes of Death in Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Population-Based Study in Korea
In Ah Choi¹, Jeong Seok Lee^2,3 and Eun Young Lee², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that leads to functional disability and premature mortality. We aimed to identify the status of disability…
Abstract Number: 509 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors May Negatively Impact Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Outcomes: Findings from the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative
Kathy Cui¹, Mohammad Movahedi², Claire Bombardier³ and Bindee Kuriya^4,5,6, ¹Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ²JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Less is known about the direct influence of CVD on RA outcomes, but higher comorbidity…
Abstract Number: 1134 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Some Is Better Than None: Minimum Physical Activity Threshold to Prevent Disability in Older Adults with Lower Extremity Joint Symptoms
Dorothy D. Dunlop¹, Jing Song¹, Jennifer M. Hootman², Julia (Jungwha) Lee³, Michael C. Nevitt⁴, Leena Sharma⁵, Pamela Semanik⁶, Charles B. Eaton⁷, C. Kent Kwoh⁸, Marc C. Hochberg⁹, Rebecca D. Jackson¹⁰ and Rowland W. Chang¹¹, ¹Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Preventive Medicine, Biostatistics Collaboration Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL, ⁷Family Medicine and Community Health( Epidemiology), Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, ⁸Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Arizona School of Medicine, University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹¹Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: This study evaluated physical activity and sedentary times to identify an evidence-based threshold related to remaining free of disability over 4 years among adults…
Abstract Number: 1167 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role of Fear-Avoidance Model on Pain and Disability in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients
Leticia Leon^1,2, Marta Redondo², Sara Lopez de Felipe², Daniel Garriguez³, Lydia A Alcazar⁴ and Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez⁵, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínical San Carlos, and IdISSC, Madrid, Spain, ²Health Sciences, Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, Madrid, Spain, ³Orthopedics Unit, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department and Heath Research Institute (IdISSC), Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The model of Fear-Avoidance of pain (anxiety, catastrophization and hypervigilance) appears when the pain has maladaptive interpretations, being associated with greater pain and limitations…
Abstract Number: 1478 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated with Disability and Health-Related Quality of Life in Biologic-Treated Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Persistent Moderate Disease Activity
Ian C. Scott^1,2, Julie Mount³, Jane Barry³ and Bruce Kirkham⁴, ¹Research Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences, Primary Care Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, ²Department for Rheumatology, Haywood Hospital, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: A treat-to target (T2T) strategy is recommended for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with the target being remission or at least low disease…
Abstract Number: 2473 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relation between Inflammatory Joint Activity and Disability Related to the Lower Extremities in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maria Mellblom Bengtsson^1,2, Sofia Hagel³, Lennart Jacobsson⁴ and Carl Turesson^1,2, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ²Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Arthritis in the lower extremities has a major impact in many patients in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but has not been extensively studied. The objective…
Abstract Number: 2663 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Disability over Time, and Their Relationship with Degree of Skin Thickening, in Patients with Limited and Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Sébastien Peytrignet¹, Joanne Manning², Elizabeth Wragg³, Tonia Moore⁴, Muditha Samaranayaka³ and Ariane L. Herrick⁵, ¹Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Department, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ³Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The burden of disability of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is increasingly recognised. What is less known are the factors driving this disability and how it…
Abstract Number: 2697 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (SScQoL) Captures the Complex Problems Experienced By Patients with Scleroderma
Matylda Sierakowska¹, Stanislaw Sierakowski², Marzena Olesinska³, Marek Brzosko⁴, Piotr Leszczynski⁵, Katarzyna Pawlak-Bus⁵, Bogdan Batko⁶, Piotr Wiland⁷, Maria Majdan⁸, Malgorzata Bykowska-Sochacka⁹, Wojciech Romanowski¹⁰, Aleksandra Zon-Giebel¹¹, Slawomir Jeka¹² and Mwidimi Ndosi¹³, ¹Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ²Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland, Bialystok, Poland, ³Department of Connective Tissue Disease, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Medical University in Poznan, Poznan, Poland, ⁶Center of Rheumatology, J. Dietl Hospital in Krakow, Krakow, Poland, ⁷Department and Clinic of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Medical University in Lublin, Lublin, Poland, ⁹Dr J. Titz-Kosko Regional Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Sopot, Sopot, Poland, ¹⁰Poznan Centre of Rheumatology in Srem, Srem, Poland, ¹¹Silesian Center of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Prevention of Disability, Ustron, Poland, ¹²2nd University Hospital, CM UMK, Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases,, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹³Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic rheumatic disease that disturbs the patients’ biological, social, emotional spiritual, and physical functioning; resulting in reduced quality of…
Abstract Number: 2819 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Socioeconomic Status with Osteoarthritis-Induced Disability Progression
Divya Narayanan¹, Rebecca J. Cleveland², Joanne M. Jordan³, Eric Seaberg⁴ and Leigh F. Callahan¹, ¹Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North CArolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Unviersity, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the number one chronic condition of the joints. Social determinants associated with disability progression due to OA are largely unknown. Efforts…
Abstract Number: 363 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Work Productivity Benefit in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating Etanercept in the United States
Mahdi Gharaibeh¹, Bradley S. Stolshek², Alex Mutebi³, Amy M. Sainski-Nguyen⁴, David Collier⁵ and Emily Durden⁴, ¹Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ²Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Truven Health Analytics, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Amgen, Inc, Terni, Italy
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that can progress to joint destruction, functional impairment and disability that can lead to work productivity…
Abstract Number: 936 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Knee Confidence Trajectories over 8 Years and Factors Associated with Poor Trajectories: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Alison H. Chang, Julia (Jungwha) Lee, Orit Almagor, Joan S. Chmiel, Kirsten C. Moisio, Karen W. Hayes, Julie Szymaszek and Leena Sharma, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Lack of knee confidence, a frequent complaint, has been associated with function decline in knee OA. Given its key role in weight-bearing activities, a…
Abstract Number: 1370 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Disease Activity in Current Smokers with Established RA: Is It Disease, Damage or Disability?
Emily Keeler¹, Danielle Feger², Nancy J. Olsen¹ and Rayford R. June³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ³Rheumatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Smoking is an important environmental risk factor for development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Smoking has been linked to lower rates of disease remission, incomplete…
Abstract Number: 1851 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Walking Ability in Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Randomized Trial Comparing 2 Self-Management Training Programs
Carlo Ammendolia¹, Pierre Côté², Danielle Southerst³, Michael Schneider⁴, Brian Budgell³, Claire Bombardier⁵, Gillian Hawker⁶ and Y. Raja Rampersaud⁷, ¹Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Professor, Full SGS Member Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Chief of Medicine, Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville Street 8th Floor East, Room 815, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) is a leading cause of pain, disability and loss of independence in older adults. It is caused by age…
Abstract Number: 1867 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Vs. Do: Using Walking Speed and Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity to Predict Incident Low Health-Related Quality of Life and Disability
Louise Thoma¹, Hiral Master¹, Meredith Christiansen¹, Dana Mathews² and Daniel White³, ¹Physical Therapy and Biomechanics and Movement Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ²Physical Therapy, Biomechanics and Movement Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ³Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Walking speed is a measure of performance, i.e., what people “can” do, and is a known predictor of future health, disability, and mortality in…
Abstract Number: 2188 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Disability in Underweight Persons with or at Increased Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis
Nilasha Ghosh, Joan S. Chmiel, Orit Almagor, Karen W. Hayes, Kirsten C. Moisio, Alison H. Chang, Julie Szymaszek and Leena Sharma, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: US studies have revealed a U-shaped relationship between BMI and poor outcomes (function, mortality); both underweight and overweight/obese persons have greater risk. In knee…

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