Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 2063 • ACR Convergence 2022
Medication Cost Concerns and Disparities in Patient-reported Outcomes Among a Multiethnic Cohort of Patients with Lupus
Alfredo Aguirre¹, Kimberly DeQuattro², Patricia Katz³, Kurt Greenlund⁴, Kamil Barbour⁴, Caroline Gordon⁵, Cristina M Lanata⁶, Lindsey Criswell⁷, Maria Dall'Era⁸ and Jinoos Yazdany⁹, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁴Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶NIH/NHGRI, Washington, DC, ⁷National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸University of California, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Medication cost concerns are associated with nonadherence and poor outcomes in the general population. Prior research has described medication cost concerns in up to…
Abstract Number: 0072 • ACR Convergence 2022
Geographical Patterns of Healthcare Utilization Among RA and OA Patients
Sofia Pedro¹, Luke Desilet², Patricia Katz³ and Kaleb Michaud², ¹Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³UCSF, San Rafael, CA
Background/Purpose: Rural residence has been associated with disparities in healthcare-related outcomes in both rheumatic diseases and other chronic conditions. A primary causal pathway for this…
Abstract Number: 0106 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Systematic Review of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disease Related Outcomes Among Patients with SLE
Teresa Semalulu¹, Keerthana Pasumarthi¹, Kevin Zhao¹, Rauda AlDhaheri¹, Nadine Akbar², KAREN BEATTIE¹ and KONSTANTINOS TSELIOS³, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Humber River Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Racialized patients and ethnic minorities have worse outcomes in SLE. This is likely related to a complex interplay between genetic and non-genetic factors. Numerous…
Abstract Number: 0728 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Disparities in Pain: Severity, Interference with Function, and Response to Guided Imagery
Victoria Menzies and Molly Jacobs, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a condition characterized by diffuse, widespread, persistent musculoskeletal pain in multiple regions of the body. While FMS is more prevalent…
Abstract Number: 2092 • ACR Convergence 2022
Greater Social Vulnerability Associates with Greater Glucocorticoid Use in Patients with SLE
Avira Som¹, Lily McMorrow¹, Ling Chen¹, Deepali Sen¹, Alia El-Qunni¹, Elizabeth Baker² and Alfred Kim¹, ¹Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE experience substantial health disparities. Studying the effect of spatial context on health outcomes has become a focus in health disparities research.…
Abstract Number: 0601 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial Differences in Medication Beliefs Among SLE Patients
D Ryan Anderson¹, Amanda Eudy², Megan Clowse³, Rebecca Sadun², Jennifer Rogers², Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁴, Jayanth Doss², Corrine Volis⁵, Theresa Coles² and Kai Sun², ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Medication adherence is essential to establishing and maintaining disease remission among SLE patients. Patients’ beliefs about treatment influence engagement and adherence to therapy. We…
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: 0352 • ACR Convergence 2021
Native American and African American Rheumatic Disease Patients Exhibit Accelerated Biological Aging Compared to European Americans
Joseph Kheir, Carla Guthridge, Nicolas Dominguez, Wade DeJager, Sarah Cooper, Joel Guthridge and Judith James, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: The universal process of aging is associated with increased risk of disease and death as a result of changing physiologic and molecular processes. In…
Abstract Number: 0606 • ACR Convergence 2021
How Might We Care for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients Unable to See a Rheumatologist And/or Use Certain of Our Medications? Proposed Preliminary Recommendations for RA Patients Who Don’t Meet Our Established Guidelines
Nicole Zagelbaum Ward¹, Abhimanyu Amarnani¹, Baljeet Rai², Corinne Feldman¹, Brett Feldman¹ and Richard Panush¹, ¹LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²LAC USC, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Physicians share responsibilities to promote social justice and assure equitable healthcare for all. Street medicine (SM) is a field dedicated to address the need…

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