Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2022
Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in a Predominantly Black Population with Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Sophia Lutgen¹, S. Sam Lim², Laura D. Aspey², Gaobin Bao³, Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas², Jessica N. Williams² and Cristina Drenkard², ¹Mount Sinai Morningside-West, New York, NY, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Due to demographic and disease-related factors, patients with lupus are deemed to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection than the general population, but they…
Abstract Number: 1731 • ACR Convergence 2022
Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Class II HLA Alleles Restrict the Diversity of the CDR3 and the T Cell Receptor Repertoire in African American Patients
Urvashi Kaundal¹, Chloe Borden¹, Cihan Oguz², Jinghua Lu², Emilee Stenson¹, Ami Shah³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Ayo Doumatey⁵, Amy Bentley⁵, Daniel Shriner⁵, Robyn Domsic⁶, Thomas Medsger⁷, Paula Ramos⁸, Richard Silver⁸, Virginia Steen⁹, John Varga¹⁰, Vivien Hsu¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Elena Schiopu¹³, Dinesh Khanna¹⁴, Jessica Gordon¹⁵, Lindsey Criswell¹⁶, Heather Gladue¹⁷, Chris Derk¹⁸, Elana Bernstein¹⁹, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.¹⁵, Victoria Shanmugam²⁰, Lorinda Chung²¹, Suzanne Kafaja²², Reem Jan²³, Marcin Trojanowski²⁴, Avram Goldberg²⁵, Benjamin Korman²⁶, Settara Chandrasekharappa⁵, Faiza Naz²⁷, Stefania Dell'Orso¹, Adebowale Adeyemo⁵, Charles Rotimi⁵, Elaine Remmers⁵, Francesco Boin²⁸, Fredrick Wigley²⁹, Peter Sun², Daniel Kastner⁵ and Pravitt Gourh³⁰, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁶National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²⁰George Washington University, Great Falls, VA, ²¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²²UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²³University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁵NYU Langone Medical Center - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ²⁶University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁷National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ²⁸Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³⁰National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune, fibrotic disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans (AA). Previous work from our lab and others has suggested a…
Abstract Number: 0100 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID Vaccinations in Patients with Rheumatologic Diseases- perspectives and Disparities in a Safety-net Tertiary Care Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee
Beenish Zulfiqar¹, Mohamad Bittar², Daniel Austin² and Ashton Hunter², ¹University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Memphis, TN, ²University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Memphis, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatologic diseases have had hesitation with COVID-19 vaccines despite the recent reports that they are safe and effective. This might impact underserved…
Abstract Number: 0226 • ACR Convergence 2022
Linguistics Biases in Letters of Recommendation Written for Rheumatology Fellowship Applicants
Margaret Kramer¹, Amy Cannella¹, Harlan Sayles² and Michelene Hearth-Holmes¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center/Division of Rheumatology, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The importance of letters of recommendation (LoR) grow each year. It is more important than ever that LoR are written in an unbiased manner…
Abstract Number: 1764 • ACR Convergence 2022
Utilization of Electronic Health Record Data to Evaluate the Impact of Urban Environment on Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Symptoms
Janet Song¹, Noah Forrest¹, Kathleen Mittendorf², Wei-Qi Wei², Leah Kottyan³, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹, Theresa Walunas¹ and Abel Kho¹, ¹Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinatti, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has a complex and poorly understood etiology and is difficult to diagnose due to its varied presentation across many organ…
Abstract Number: 0596 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial Disparities in US Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence, Quality of Life, Comorbidities and Healthcare Costs
Shannon Grabich¹, Cullen Seal², Robert Ortmann³ and Sandra Sze-jung Wu⁴, ¹Xcenda, Durham, NC, ²Xcenda, Carrollton, TX, ³AstraZeneca, Greenwood, IN, ⁴AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by reoccurring flares and remissions. It is more common among Asian, Black, and Hispanic populations. Racial…
Abstract Number: 0616 • ACR Convergence 2021
Race and Socioeconomic Status and COVID-19 Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Findings from a Tertiary Care Center in the Deep South
Adam Taylor, Dongmei Sun, Jeffrey Foster and Maria I. Danila, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The southern United States is home to a large proportion of non-Hispanic Black Americans, a group which has historically been disproportionately affected by healthcare…
Abstract Number: 1839 • ACR Convergence 2021
Hispanic Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Have More Severe Disease and Higher Mortality: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Bochra Jandali¹, Marka Lyons², Julio Charles², Maureen Mayes³ and Shervin Assassi¹, ¹University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) shows disparities in incidence, disease manifestations, and prognosis in different ethnic groups. The data regarding disease characteristics and outcomes in Hispanic…
Abstract Number: 0597 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sex Differences in Multimorbidity Between Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Comparators in a Large Nationwide US Study
Ali Duarte-Garcia¹, Herbert Heien¹, Nilay Shah¹ and Cynthia Crowson², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased burden of multimorbidity. Although many comorbidities may vary by sex and men with lupus may…
Abstract Number: 0618 • ACR Convergence 2021
Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and Serological Response in a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Alice Fike¹, Omer Pamuk², Yiming Luo³, Jun Chu⁴, Yanira Ruiz-Perdomo³, Sarfaraz Hasni³, Pravitt Gourh³ and James Katz⁴, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington, DC, ²NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: The longitudinal experience of COVID-19 illness in patients with rheumatic diseases is emerging. Reports from the general population have described post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2…
Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disease Characteristics and Social Determinants in African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis: A Single Center Experience
Sarah Compton, DeAnna Baker Frost, Richard Silver and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease categorized on the basis of skin involvement as either limited or diffuse cutaneous SSc, the latter…
Abstract Number: 0599 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effectiveness of a Provider Led Intervention on Medication Adherence in an Urban Lupus Clinic
Nancyanne Schmidt¹, Yevgeniya Gartshteyn², Teja Kapoor³, Laura Geraldino⁴, Leila Khalili⁵ and Anca Askanase⁶, ¹New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Medical Center, Glen Rock, NJ, ³Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Leonia, NJ, ⁴New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus, New York, NY, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New Haven, NY, ⁶Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Medication adherence is a difficult charge in SLE. Up to 75% of lupus patients are non-adherent with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Pharmacy refill data measured by…
Abstract Number: 0619 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review and Quantitative Analysis
Maya Swaminathan¹, Gloria Shen², Irvin Huang², Diana Louden², Waqas Tahir³ and Namrata Singh⁴, ¹MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, Newcastle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Women are disproportionately affected by rheumatic diseases (RD), with many of them carrying the diagnosis in their childbearing years. Pregnant women with RD have…
Abstract Number: PP07 • ACR Convergence 2021
How Online Spanish-Language Resources Got Me and My RA Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wigna Cruz, Puerto Rico
Background/Purpose: I was experiencing joint pain especially in my wrists, which led me to see my physician for testing. Initially I was misdiagnosed with lupus.…
Abstract Number: 0600 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Cohort Study of Retention in Ambulatory Lupus Care Among Medicare Patients with SLE-related Hospitalizations
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Carlos Torres², Amy Kind², Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi³, Ann Sheehy² and Christie Bartels², ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Middleton, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: In other conditions that require chronic management, poor retention in ambulatory care is associated with adverse outcomes. We previously identified that living in the…

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