Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 0674 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Behavioral Intervention to Improve Gout Outcomes in African Americans with Gout: A 12-month Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial
Jasvinder Singh¹, Kenneth Saag¹, Joshua Baker², Amy Joseph³, Seth Eisen⁴ and Terence Shaneyfelt¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Washington University / St. Louis VA, St Louis, MO, ⁴Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Gout outcomes and severity are worst in African Americans compared to Caucasians with gout. Racial Disparities in gout are well-described. Few or no data…
Abstract Number: 0602 • ACR Convergence 2021
Use of a Popular Opinion Leader Model to Disseminate Information Virtually About Clinical Trial Enrollment to People of Color with Lupus
Kreager Taber¹, Holly Milaeger², Jessica Williams¹, Daniel Erickson³, Elmer Freeman⁴, Patricia Canessa⁵, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁶ and Candace Feldman¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University, Feinbergy School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴CCHERS, Inc., Boston, MA, ⁵State of Illinois Board of Health, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Despite a disproportionate burden of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and disparities in adverse outcomes among Black compared to white individuals, people of color are…
Abstract Number: 0676 • ACR Convergence 2021
Development, Refinement, and Validation of an Emergency Department Gout Flare Electronic Medical Record Alert
Lesley Jackson¹, Narender Annapureddy², Kenneth Saag¹, James Booth³, Giovanna Rosas¹, Jeffrey Foster¹, Amy Mudano¹, Dongmei Sun⁴, John Osborne¹, Tim Bongartz⁵, Erik Hess⁵, Colleen Lawrence⁶, Leah Dunkel⁶ and Maria I. Danila¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁶Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Patients with acute gout are frequently treated in emergency departments (ED) and represent a typically underserved and understudied population. A key limitation of conducting…
Abstract Number: 0604 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disparities in Burden of Disease in Patients with RA Across Racial and Ethnic Groups
Jacqueline O’Brien¹, Sang Hee Park², Taylor Blachley¹, Maya Marchese¹, Nicole Middaugh¹, Xue Han², Keith Wittstock² and Leslie Harrold¹, ¹CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Prior research has shown that differences exist in disease activity and clinical outcomes for RA across racial and ethnic groups in the US.1 This…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2021
Poverty and Length of Stay in Children Hospitalized with Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Analysis of the 2016 Kids’ Inpatient Database
William Soulsby, Erica Lawson and Matthew Pantell, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have demonstrated alarming health disparities in adult patients with SLE, including higher disease severity and activity among Hispanic and Black patients. Pediatric…
Abstract Number: 0605 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of Area of Residence on Perceptions of Health and Disease Activity in Ethnic Minorities with Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Urban Setting
Mohamed Jalloh¹, Sharon Dowell², Richard Ogunti¹ and Gail Kerr³, ¹Howard University Internal Medicine Residency, Washington, DC, ²Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, ³Washington D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Health care disparities in hypertension and other chronic disease are well established. Ethnic minority residents of Washington DC, particularly Wards 7 and 8, have…
Abstract Number: 0956 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial Disparities in Renal Outcomes over Time Among Hospitalized Children with SLE and Effects of Hospital Minority Composition
Joyce Chang¹, Cora Sears², Veronica Torres³ and Mary Beth Son¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Temple University, Bucks County, PA
Background/Purpose: Racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by pediatric-onset SLE and have worse outcomes compared to their white counterparts. With ongoing advances in pediatric…
Abstract Number: 0044 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characterization of Racial Disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Choice and Location of Care
Elston He¹, Eli Cornblath², Pratyusha Yalamanchi³, Alexis Ogdie², Joshua Baker² and Michael George², ¹Synovium, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities in access to care and treatment regimens exist but remain poorly characterized in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient population. Previous studies using…
Abstract Number: 0442 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disparities in CoronaViridae Infection Are Readily Apparent in Rheumatology Patients Despite Use of Hydroxychloquine And/or Methotrexate
Maria Antonelli¹ and Nora Singer², ¹MHMC/CWRU, Cleveland, OH, ²The MetroHealth System, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: In the initial months of the SARS CoV2/COVID19 pandemic, broad use of off-label therapy with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was prescribed to reduce CoV2-related morbidity and…
Abstract Number: 0045 • ACR Convergence 2020
Healthcare Practitioner Confidence Assessing Rashes in Patients of Skin of Color with Lupus
Vijay Kannuthurai¹, Jacob Murray², Lisa Zickuhr³ and Ling Chen², ¹Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Hazlehurst, MS, ²Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Medical education can promote bias that disproportionately affects patients of color. Patients of color with lupus are especially vulnerable as they often carry a…
Abstract Number: 0443 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups Diagnosed with Rheumatic Diseases
Emily Sirotich¹, Teresa Semalulu¹, Kevin Kennedy², Salman Surangiwala³, Maggie Larche¹, Jean Liew⁴, Mitchell Levine², Graeme Reed⁵, Naira Ikram⁶, Carly Harrison⁷, Richard Howard⁸, Rashmi Sinha⁹, Monique Gore-Massy¹⁰ and Jonathan Hausmann¹¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Queen’s School of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, ⁵Canadian Spondylitis Association, Vancouver, Canada, ⁶Duke University, Durham, ⁷Lupus Chat, NA, ⁸Spondylitis Association of America, Van Nuys, CA, ⁹SJIA Foundation, Cincinnati, ¹⁰Lupus Foundation of America, Brooklyn, NY, ¹¹Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated structural and systematic barriers in access to healthcare for racial and ethnic minorities. The impact of these increased barriers…
Abstract Number: 0046 • ACR Convergence 2020
Socioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status Among RA Patients: A Longitudinal Analysis Using RISE Data
Jing Li¹, Gabriela Schmajuk², Michael Evans³, Zara Izadi⁴, Patricia Katz⁵, Alexis Ogdie⁶, Lisa Suter⁷ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA, ³Ucsf, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁶Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have shown that RA outcomes, including disease activity, erosions, and disability, are worse among patients with low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few…
Abstract Number: 0574 • ACR Convergence 2020
Is Hydroxychloroquine Use a Proxy for Health Care Access? Predictors of First Dispensing Among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Incident Lupus
Katherine Pryor¹, Chang Xu¹, Jamie Collins¹, Karen Costenbader² and Candace Feldman¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine (HCQ/CQ) is considered to be the backbone of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) care. Differences in receipt of HCQ/CQ may exacerbate disparities in adverse…
Abstract Number: 0047 • ACR Convergence 2020
Administrative Barriers to Enrollment of Ethnic Minorities in Clinical Research of Rheumatic/Immune-Mediated Diseases
Brittany Banbury¹, Sharon Dowell¹, Gail Kerr², Mercedes Quinones², Ginette Okoye¹ and Ilona Jileaeva¹, ¹Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Inclusion of ethnic minority subsets in clinical research remains subpar despite mandates for increased participation. Lack of trust, cultural sensitivity and bias, stereotyping, health…
Abstract Number: 0575 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of an Integrated Care Management Program on Acute Care Utilization and Outpatient Appointment Attendance Among High-Risk Patients with Lupus
Jessica Williams¹, Weixing Huang², Jamie Collins³, Kreager Taber¹, Katherine McLaughlin¹, Rebecca Cunningham¹, Christine Vogeli⁴, Lisa Wichmann¹ and Candace Feldman³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are often members of disadvantaged groups and some struggle with high acute care utilization and missed outpatient appointments.…

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