Abstract Number: 0615 • ACR Convergence 2021
Socioeconomic Characteristics Associated with Electronic Health Care Utilization in an Urban Rheumatology Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Background/Purpose: In the US, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted increased utilization of telemedicine (TM), electronic patient portals (EPPs), and other electronic modalities of health care…Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2021
Perceptions About COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Enrolled in a National Patient Registry
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 vaccine confidence is key to promoting vaccination efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among people with rheumatic diseases. The goal of this…Abstract Number: 0596 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial Disparities in US Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence, Quality of Life, Comorbidities and Healthcare Costs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…Abstract Number: 0621 • ACR Convergence 2021
Case Series of IgG4-related Disease in African American Patients at Two Large Academic Centers
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related Disease (IgG4-rD) is a fibroinflammatory disease with highly variable manifestations that can be difficult to diagnose. Response to treatment with prednisone and/or rituximab…Abstract Number: 0001 • ACR Convergence 2020
Management of Rheumatic Diseases During COVID-19: A National Veterans Affairs Survey of Rheumatologists
Background/Purpose: To assess the experience, views and opinions of rheumatology providers at Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities about rheumatic disease healthcare issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:…Abstract Number: 0250 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Nephritis and Renal Outcomes in African-Americans: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership Cohort Experience
Background/Purpose: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) will use multi-omics modalities including single cell RNA sequencing to understand lupus nephritis with the ultimate goal to devise…
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