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  • Abstract Number: 2377 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Impact of Body Mass Index and Weight Loss on Incident Disability in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Joshua Baker1, Ted R. Mikuls2, Bryant R. England3, Michael D. George4, Grant Cannon5, Harlan Sayles6, Brian Sauer5, Liron Caplan7 and Kaleb Michaud6, 1Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nebraska-Western IA VA Health Care System & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 4Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 5Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 6University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 7Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

    Background/Purpose: Obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have greater disability in cross-sectional studies. There are no long-term studies that assess trajectories of disability among individuals…
  • Abstract Number: 2504 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The Validation of Istanbul  Back Disability Index (IBDI) in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients

    Tuncay Duruoz, Hatice Sule Baklacioglu, Sevtap Acer Kasman and Didem Erdem, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: The IBDI was developed to assess the disability in patients with mechanical low back pain (1) which contains the 18 daily activities questions. The…
  • 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…
  • Abstract Number: 2234 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Disability in Acute Low Back Pain: The Role of Pain Severity, Pain Catastrophizing, Depression, and Exercise

    Elizabeth Salt1, Leslie J. Crofford2, Mary Kay Rayens3 and Suzanne Segerstrom4, 1University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nasville, TN, 3College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 4Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

    Disability in Acute Low Back Pain: The Role of Pain Severity, Pain Catastrophizing, Depression, and ExerciseBackground/Purpose: The effectiveness of cognitive treatments for low back pain,…
  • Abstract Number: 2258 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Real-World Evidence Linking Health-Related Quality of Life to Work Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Vibeke Strand1, Mark Kosinski2, Regina Rendas-Baum2, David Brooks3 and Rita Ganguly4, 1Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2Optum, Inc, Eden Prairie, MN, 3GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA, 4GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA

    Background/Purpose: Evaluating health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores is a key component of the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and evaluation of treatment efficacy.  There…
  • Abstract Number: 550 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Despite Early Improvement and Limited Self-Reported Disability, Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Still Have Impaired Grip Strength 5 Years after Diagnosis

    Maria Rydholm1,2, Christina Book1,2, Ingegerd Wikström1,2, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson1,3 and Carl Turesson1,2, 1Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, 2Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, 3Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Background/Purpose:   Methods:  An inception cohort of patients with Grip force (Newton, N) was measured using the electronic instrument Grippit (AB Detektor, Gothenburg, Sweden). Average…
  • Abstract Number: 552 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Disability in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis, Course and Predictors  

    Therese Hansson1,2, Christina Book1,2, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson1,3 and Carl Turesson1,2, 1Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, 2Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, 3Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), including the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI), are valuable and reliable instruments for assessment of disease severity and…
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