Abstracts tagged "Disability"

Abstract Number: 2698 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
FMS and SLE Patients Have Higher Treatment Expectations Than RA Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Hannah Bond², Jessica L. Polyak², Lauren Kwan² and Susan Shott¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: It is anticipated that patients with high expectations for improvement of their medical condition may get frustrated when a significant degree of benefit does…
Abstract Number: 2694 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Examination of a Multidimensional Model of Disability and Role Functioning in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sarah R. Ormseth¹, Taylor Draper², M. Custodio³, Michael H. Weisman⁴, M.R. Irwin⁵ and Perry M. Nicassio⁵, ¹Cousins Center for PNI, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Psychology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Cousins Center for PNI, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Disability and impairments in role functioning are common obstacles for many patients with RA. A combination of disease-related and psychosocial factors may contribute to…
Abstract Number: 2608 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Time in Remission Is Important for Improvement of Physical Function in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Helga Radner¹, Farideh Alasti², Josef S. Smolen³ and Daniel Aletaha⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine III; Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III,, Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Physical function is one of the major outcomes in RA as it predicts work disability, quality of life, health care resource utilisation and mortality.…
Abstract Number: 2444 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Restricting Back Pain Is Associated with Disability in Community-Living Older Persons
Una E. Makris¹, Liana Fraenkel², Ling Han³, Linda Leo-Summers³ and Thomas M. Gill⁴, ¹Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT, ³Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Although back pain is common and costly, few longitudinal studies have evaluated the association between back pain, severe enough to restrict activity (hereafter referred…
Abstract Number: 2416 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Arthritis-Attributable Interference in Routine Life Activities
Kristina A. Theis¹, Teresa J. Brady², Charles G. Helmick³, Louise Murphy⁴ and Kamil E. Barbour⁵, ¹Athritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ²Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ³National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Division of Population Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Arthritis-attributable interference (AAI) in routine life activities are indicators of quality-of-life (QOL) that have not often been studied in a population-based sample of U.S.…

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