Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 1074 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular, Ocular, and Treatment Outcomes in US Patients with Behçet’s Disease: A Propensity-Matched Real-World Analysis
Michael Hamilton¹, Justin Riley Lam², Emmanuel Otabor³, Laith Alomari³, Maxim Barnett³, Shahrzad Abdollahi² and Irene Tan⁴, ¹Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: Racial/ethnic disparities in Behçet’s disease (BD) outcomes are largely undocumented in the United States. Given known differences in disease expression across populations globally, we…
Abstract Number: 0326 • ACR Convergence 2025
Gender Disparities in Clinical Outcomes Among Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Kinga Grzybowski¹, Ahmer Khan², Samuel Bonomo³ and Arthur Lau⁴, ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Maspeth, NY, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, ³Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, East Norriton, PA, ⁴Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Maple Glen, PA
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis which classically affects multiple joints, mainly the knees. About 595 million people worldwide suffer from…
Abstract Number: 2199 • ACR Convergence 2025
Disparities in Reproductive Health Counseling Among Hispanic Women with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: Insights from a Patient-Reported Survey in an Urban Safety-Net Setting
Eaman Alhassan¹, Laura Kobashigawa², Vanessa Ramos², Jack Rodman² and Leanna Wise³, ¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, ³LAGMC/Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Reproductive-age Hispanic women with rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (combined, inflammatory arthritis; IA), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often bear a higher disease burden…
Abstract Number: 1484 • ACR Convergence 2025
Decoding the Impact of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Nationwide population-based Study
Mariana Vanoye Tamez¹, Freya Shah², Neel Patel³ and siddharth Agrawal², ¹New York Medical College / Landmark Medical Center, Providence, RI, ²landmark medical center, Cumberland, RI, ³University of Tennessee, Nashville
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune connective tissue disease, such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), are at higher risk for developing aortic valve pathology. However, the impact…
Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inclusion of Older Adults in Pharmacologic Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials of Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review
Manuel Carpio Tumba¹, Raisa Lomanto Silva², Lily Sung³, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo⁴, Sneha Gupta⁵, Jeenah Gwak⁶, Aida Mohamadi⁷, Diana Louden⁸, Rachael Stovall⁸, Namrata Singh⁹, Didem Saygin¹⁰, Sarah Lieber¹¹, Jiha Lee¹² and Sebastian E Sattui¹³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Hayward, CA, ⁴St. Barnabas Hospital, New York, NY, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center McKeesport, McKeesport, PA, ⁶Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ⁸University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ¹⁰Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: A growing number of older adults are living with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) as the global population is aging. And yet, they remain underrepresented…
Abstract Number: 0190 • ACR Convergence 2025
Health literacy and comorbidity burden: a cluster analysis in a national cohort of people with inflammatory arthritis
Mrinalini Dey¹, James Galloway², Andrew Cope², MAYA BUCH³, Richard Osborne⁴, Sam Norton² and Elena Nikiphorou², ¹Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, ⁴La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Health literacy is a social determinant of health in people with chronic diseases, including inflammatory arthritis (IA). We aimed to assess the association between…
Abstract Number: 2185 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Evolving Digital Landscape of Social Media among Rheumatology Professionals: A Global Analysis by the EULAR SoMeR Study Group
Latika Gupta¹, Manali Sarkar², Jeffrey Sparks³, Loreto Carmona⁴, Vikas Agarwal⁵, Carlo Vinicio Caballero Uribe⁶, Dzifa Dey⁷, Chris Edwards⁸, Francis BERENBAUM⁹ and Elena Nikiphorou¹⁰, ¹School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham; Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester; Francis Crick Institute, London, Birmingham, UK, United Kingdom, ²Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ⁵Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁶Department of Medicine, Hospital Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombi, Barranquilla, Colombia, ⁷Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle bu Teaching Hospital, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana, ⁸University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁹Sorbonne University/Inserm/AP-HP/⁴Moving Biotech, Paris, France, ¹⁰King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Social media (SoMe) has become an indispensable tool in healthcare, providing platforms for information sharing, networking, and education. However, its use presents challenges including…
Abstract Number: 1265 • ACR Convergence 2025
Patient Portal Awareness and Utilization Across Diverse Rheumatology Populations
Emily Gutowski¹, Joshua Novack², Allyson Covello², Philip Carlucci³, Scott Goldberg¹, Mary Guan⁴, Marcus Hines², Elliot Philips², Michael Pillinger⁵ and Sara Stream⁶, ¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Grossman SOM, Brooklyn, NY, ⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ⁶New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Great Neck, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases face complex and chronic diagnoses that require close monitoring and frequent communication with their providers. Given increasing challenges to in-person…
Abstract Number: 1070 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cervical Cancer and HPV Screening in Women with Lupus vs Healthy Control Group: A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Referral Center
Mahnoor Javed¹, Deepak Jagannath², Alma Aveytia Camacho³, Alwyn Mathew³, Konrad Harms³, Soudabeh Daliri³ and Myriam Guevara⁴, ¹Houston Methodist, Richmond, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Sugar Land, TX, ³Houston Methodist, Houston, ⁴Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Women with SLE are at an increased risk of developing cervical cancer, primarily by human papillomavirus (HPV) and immunosuppression. This elevated risk has been…
Abstract Number: 0181 • ACR Convergence 2025
Launch of the National Tele-Rheumatology Program (NTRP) to Expand Rheumatology Care to Rural Veterans
Cherish Wilson¹, Catherine Nasrallah², Gary Tarasovsky³, Alicia Hamblin⁴, Asia Williams⁵, Broderick Flynn⁵, Bernard Ng⁶ and gabriela Schmajuk⁷, ¹UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, ³SFVA, San Francisco, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Lexington VA, Lexington, ⁶Lexington VA, University of Washington, Seattle, ⁷University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Given the nationwide shortage of rheumatologists, particularly in rural areas, many Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities have struggled to hire or retain specialists, resulting in…
Abstract Number: 2120 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analyzing Gender and Racial Disparities in Paget’s Disease of Bone: A Large-Scale Observational Study
Kinga Grzybowski¹, Ahmer Khan² and Arthur Lau³, ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Maspeth, NY, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Maple Glen, PA
Background/Purpose: Osteitis deformans, commonly referred to as Paget’s Disease of the Bone (PDB), affects adults over the age of 55, mainly of European descent and…
Abstract Number: 1263 • ACR Convergence 2025
Health Literacy diversity among rheumatology patients: insights from a tertiary rheumatology centre
Cristina Calomarde-Gomez¹, Mrinalini Dey², Chris Wincup³, María Alonso de Francisco⁴, Christina Cheng⁵, Richard Osborne⁵ and Elena Nikiphorou⁶, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ²Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁴H. U. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Tres Cantos, Spain, ⁵La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁶King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Health literacy is a potential social determinant of health, fundamental to patient engagement, clinical communication, and long-term outcomes of disease. Understanding health literacy at…
Abstract Number: 1068 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Between Social Determinants of Health Domains and COVID-19-Related Hospitalization in Individuals with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Analysis of National U.S. Data
Londyn Robinson¹, jerrod anzalone², Jasvinder Singh³, Kaleb Michaud², Lesley Jackson⁴, Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁵, Dongmei Li⁶, Rena Patel⁴ and Namrata Singh⁷, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, ⁷University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Although studies have been published on the baseline characteristics of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) with COVID-19 infection, little data exists on how…
Abstract Number: 0151 • ACR Convergence 2025
Post-COVID Decline in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality in the United States: A National Analysis from 2014 to 2023
Ghassan Makhoul¹, Aziz-ur-Rahman Khalid², Islam Rajab¹, Hasan Munshi¹, Emmanuel Olumuyide³, MD Walid Akram Hussain¹, Aqsa Sorathia¹, Reshma John¹, Ahmed Huzien¹, ivan Mercado¹, Nargis Mateen⁴ and Robert Lahita², ¹St. Josephs University Medical Center, Paterson, ²St. Josephs University Medical Center, Wayne, NJ, ³Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, ⁴St. Josephs University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease with high morbidity and mortality. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on SLE-related deaths…
Abstract Number: 1976 • ACR Convergence 2025
Implementing a Change Package for Depression Screening and Appropriate Response for Children with Rheumatic Disease
Emily Vara¹, Mileka Gilbert¹, Kelly Rouster-Stevens², Talia Buitrago-Mogollon³, Sarah Mabus³, Justin Moore⁴ and Sheetal Vora⁵, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Peachtree Corners, GA, ³Atrium Health Levine Children’s Center for Advancing Pediatric Excellence, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ⁵Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC
Background/Purpose: Children with rheumatic diseases (RD) are at increased risk for developing mental health (MH) issues, including depression, which can negatively impact disease outcomes. MH…

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