Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 0085 • ACR Convergence 2022
Closing the Gender Gap in Global Rheumatology Leadership- Are We There Yet?
Tayyeba Khursheed¹, Pavel Ovseiko², Ghita Harifi³, Humeira Badsha⁴, Harish G Shekar⁵ and Latika Gupta⁶, ¹Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, ²John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁴Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁵Rajarajeswari medical College and hospital, Bangalore, India, ⁶Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The gender equity in academic rheumatology initiative has sparked discussions on the effect of inequity in academia on assignment to leadership roles. To explore…
Abstract Number: 0107 • ACR Convergence 2022
Short-, Intermediate- and Long-Term Renal Outcomes in Hispanics from Puerto Rico with Lupus Nephritis: Induction Therapy with Cyclophosphamide vs. Mycophenolate Mofetil
Suheiry Márquez, Dahima Cintrón and Luis Vilá, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) guidelines for the treatment of class III and class IV lupus nephritis (LN) recommend induction therapy with mycophenolate…
Abstract Number: 0744 • ACR Convergence 2022
University of North Carolina and Piedmont Health Collaborative Tele-Rheumatology Project to Optimize Rural Health Specialty Access
Leah Bettner¹, Eli Tiller², John Doughton², Rumey Ishizawar¹ and Alfredo Rivadeneira¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Telemedicine can offset barriers rural minority populations face for rheumatology care. However, implementing virtual health technology is challenging as broadband adoption is lower among…
Abstract Number: 2106 • ACR Convergence 2022
Disparities of African American Mortality Trends in South Carolina Lupus Cohort
Sean Carter¹, Dulaney Wilson¹, Samantha Minkin², David Dillon³, Baxter Murray¹ and Jim Oates¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Rheumatology Associates of South Florida, Delray Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic autoimmune disorder associated with increased mortality compared to the general population; treatment for SLE has improved and survival rates have…
Abstract Number: 0086 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient and Provider Perspectives on Barriers to Communication and Care of Latinx Patients with Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Monica Crespo Bosque¹, Pablo Weilg Espejo² and Candace Feldman³, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²Boston Medical Center, Chelsea, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Latinx patients, a heterogenous population with a range of experiences including migration, language, and race, experience a disproportionate burden of adverse outcomes from systemic…
Abstract Number: 0111 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gender Equity in the Asia Pacific: Comparison of Indian and Philippines Rheumatology Conferences
Lisa S Traboco¹, Geraldine Zamora², Kavitha Mohanasundaram³, Sheila Marie Reyes⁴, Annamalai Sowndhariya⁵, Pavel Ovseiko⁶, vinod Ravindran⁷ and Latika Gupta⁸, ¹St Luke's Medical Center - BGC, Manila, Philippines, ²Philippine Rheumatology Association, Taguig City, Philippines, ³Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Chennai, India, ⁴St. Luke's Medical Center, Cainta, Philippines, ⁵MIOT Hospital, Chennai, India, ⁶John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷Centre for Rheumatology, Kozhikode, Kozhikode, India, ⁸Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Equitable gender representation at conferences is essential to further progress in academia. India and the Philippines are both low and middle-income countries in the…
Abstract Number: 0843 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Disparities in Patient Satisfaction Following Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Contemporary Trends Analysis from 2013-2021
Troy B Amen¹, Yi Zhang,¹, John Gibbons¹, Orett Burke¹, Anne Bass², Linda Russell¹, huong do¹, Ying Lai¹, Michael Parks¹, Mark Figgie¹, Bella Mehta³ and Susan Goodman¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Racial and ethnic disparities in total joint arthroplasty utilization have been extensively reported, demonstrating significantly lower rates of utilization among Black and Hispanic patients;…
Abstract Number: 2202 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Visit-based Retention and Receipt of Serologic Testing with Acute Care Use Among Young Adults with Lupus: A Medicare Cohort Study
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Brad C. Astor², W. Ryan Powell³, Shivani Garg⁴, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁵, Joseph A. Kramer⁶, Amy J. Kind⁷ and Christie Bartels⁸, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Middleton, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division and Department of Population Sciences, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Disparities Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Emergency Medicine; and the Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine & Center for Health Disparities Research,, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Division & Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁸University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: While high quality lupus care is associated with less damage, the impact of care use patterns and care quality on lupus outcomes remains unclear,…
Abstract Number: 0087 • ACR Convergence 2022
Does Limited English Proficiency Lead to Additional Health Inequity in Medically Vulnerable Populations in Outpatient Rheumatology?
Veena Patel¹ and Kevin Hackshaw², ¹Dell Medical School - UT Health Austin, Austin, TX, ²The University of Texas at Austin, Hutto, TX
Background/Purpose: Lack of health insurance and limited English proficiency (LEP) are two factors that can create significant health disparity in the United States which can…
Abstract Number: 0112 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Drives Racial Disparities in Gout in the USA? – Population-Based, Sex-Specific, Casual Mediation Analysis
Natalie McCormick¹, Leo Lu², Chio Yokose³, amit johi⁴, Tony Merriman⁵, kenneth saag⁶, Yuqing Zhang⁷ and Hyon Choi⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ⁴Regeneron, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁸MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Emerging US cohort data suggest gout and hyperuricemia impart larger burdens on adults self-reporting Black race, especially Black women, than those self-reporting White race.[1,2]…
Abstract Number: 0874 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Tale of Many Canadas: Associations of Ethnicity with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Categories and Disease Severity at Presentation in a Multicultural Universal Healthcare Setting: Results from ReACCh-Out
Stephanie Wong¹, Lori Tucker², Kristin Houghton³, David Cabral⁴, Mercedes Chan², Ross Petty³, Andrea Human², Kimberly Morishita³, Rae Yeung⁵, Kiem Oen⁶, Ciaran Duffy⁷, Roberta Berard⁸, Gaelle Chedeville⁹, Thomas Loughin¹⁰, Matthew Berkowitz¹⁰ and Jaime Guzman¹¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁸London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹¹University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The distribution of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) categories and disease severity at presentation vary across countries, however it is unclear how much of this…
Abstract Number: 2245 • ACR Convergence 2022
Feasibility and Efficacy of a Peer Education Program to Improve Patient Engagement in Lupus Clinical Trials
Saira Sheikh¹, Caroline Donovan², Carla Menezes², Albert T. Roy², Andrew Simkus³, Diane Gross⁴, Anca Askanase⁵, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁶, Vikas Majithia⁷, Nicole Wanty³, Annie McNeill³, Kristen Holtz³ and S. Sam Lim⁸, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Lupus Therapeutics, LLC, New York, NY, ³KDH Research & Communication, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Lupus Research Alliance, New York, NY, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁶Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Mississippi Medical Center, Ridgeland, MS, ⁸Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: To assess outcomes related to Lupus Therapeutics' Patient Advocates for Lupus Studies (LT-PALS) a peer-to-peer clinical trial (CT) education program designed to improve CT…
Abstract Number: 0089 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Disparities in Rheumatology Clinical Trials
Pushti Khandwala¹, Anila Hussain² and Irene Tan³, ¹Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Glen Mills, PA, ²Crozer Chester Medical Center, Glen Mills, PA, ³Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Healthcare disparities exist in patients living with rheumatologic diseases. Factors contributing to disparities include age, sex, race, or sociodemographic variables, each playing a crucial…
Abstract Number: 0113 • ACR Convergence 2022
Escalation to Biologics After Methotrexate Among US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis Living in Rural versus Urban Areas
Anisha Naik¹, Katherine Wysham², Bryant England³, Punyasha Roul⁴, Michael George⁵, Joshua Baker⁵, Jennifer Barton⁶, Jean Liew⁷, Una Makris⁸, Gail Kerr⁹, Grant Cannon¹⁰, Ted Mikuls¹¹ and Namrata Singh¹², ¹VA Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁷Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁸UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹⁰Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Timely diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatments are imperative to improve outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Racial and ethnic disparities in RA…
Abstract Number: 0965 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pregnancy Outcomes in a Diverse Lupus Cohort
Julia Simard¹, Emily Liu², Eliza Chakravarty³, Amadeia Rector¹, Miranda Cantu⁴, Daniel Kuo⁵, Gary Shaw⁶, Maurice Druzin⁶, Michael Weisman⁷ and Monique Hedderson², ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Division of Research, Oakland, CA, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Global Lupus Support Group, Portage, MI, ⁵Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City Medical Center, Redwood City, CA, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, ⁷Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Although the overall systemic lupus (SLE) patient population is racially and ethnically diverse, many study populations are homogeneous. We assembled a diverse group of…

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