Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 1083 • ACR Convergence 2025
How Do Social Determinants of Health Differ Across Age and Disability Groups Among Adult Medicare Advantage Enrollees with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?
Alexjandro Daviano¹, Vijay R. Nadipelli², Yihua Xu¹, Karen Worley², Shireen Haq¹, Josephine Ohioma³, Jeffrey J. Ellis², Brandon T. Suehs¹ and S. Sam Lim⁴, ¹Humana Healthcare Research, Inc., Louisville, KY, ²GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, US Medical Affairs, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Management of patients with SLE should consider social determinants of health (SDoH) and their impact on access, treatment, and patient outcomes; however, such a…
Abstract Number: 1013 • ACR Convergence 2025
All roads lead to Rheum? Modeling scenarios of new patients-to-pediatric rheumatologist ratios in different US states
Gabriela Accetta Rojas¹, Evan Mulvihill², Salma Siddique¹ and Annemarie Brescia¹, ¹Nemours Children's Hospital of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, ²Nemours/A.I.duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology is among the pediatric subspecialties with the lowest workforce density in the US1. Initial management of most of the pediatric rheumatologic conditions relies…
Abstract Number: 1882 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vessels Under Fire: National Mortality Trends in Systemic Vasculitides in the United States, 1999–2020
Aziz-ur-Rahman Khalid¹, Ghassan Makhoul², Hasan Munshi², Islam Rajab², Emmanuel Olumuyide³, MD Walid Akram Hussain², Ahmed Huzien² and Robert Lahita⁴, ¹St. Joseph's University Medical Center, wayne, ²St. Josephs University Medical Center, Paterson, ³Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, ⁴St. Josephs University Medical Center, Wayne, NJ
Background/Purpose: Systemic vasculitides are rare but potentially life-threatening inflammatory disorders affecting blood vessels. Despite therapeutic advances, national mortality trends across vasculitis subtypes remain poorly defined.…
Abstract Number: 1082 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lupus Patient Navigator Program for Improving Care Adherence for Minority Patients
Rashi Vora¹, Samiha Karim², Dulaney Wilson³, Jasvinder Singh⁴, Gary Gilkeson¹, Jim Oates¹ and Diane Kamen⁵, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ⁴Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC
Background/Purpose: Minority patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experience a higher disease burden and encounter more barriers to care than White patients, resulting in worse…
Abstract Number: 1012 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial and Gender Disparities in Gout Clinical Trials
Fizza Zulfiqar¹, Dania Kaur², Meaghan Bethea³, Taylor Spencer⁴, Samhitha Bitla⁵, Abhinav Vyas⁶ and Camelia Arsene⁷, ¹Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI, ²North Alabama Medical Center, Muscle Shoals, AL, ³Trinity Health Oakland Hopsital, Pontiac, MI, ⁴Trinity Health Oaklnd Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁵Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁶Vanderbilt University, Nashvile, TN, ⁷Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac
Background/Purpose: To develop effective novel treatment strategies for Gout disease that cater to patients from diverse backgrounds, it is crucial that all racial groups, without…
Abstract Number: 1881 • ACR Convergence 2025
Silent Impact: Two Decades of Sjögren’s Syndrome Mortality in the United States
Aziz-ur-Rahman Khalid¹, Ghassan Makhoul², Hasan Munshi², Islam Rajab², MD Walid Akram Hussain², Reshma John², Elvira Assaf², Amer Al Badawy², Barbare Khatiashvili², Rouba Isshak², John Salama², Ibrahim Sabah² and Robert Lahita³, ¹St. Joseph's University Medical Center, wayne, ²St. Josephs University Medical Center, Paterson, ³St. Josephs University Medical Center, Wayne, NJ
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands with potential systemic involvement. Despite its known complications, population-level mortality…
Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2025
Insurance, Gender, and COVID-19’s Effects on Health Inequity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 12-Year Long Population Assessment
Ramsha Riaz¹, Lifang Zhang², Andrea Berger², Hema Srinivasan², Lisa Schroeder³ and Jonida Cote⁴, ¹Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger, Danville, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Background/Purpose: Recognizing health care disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis is crucial to improving outcomes. This study analyzes factors contributing to RA care inequities.Methods: We examined RA…
Abstract Number: 0720 • ACR Convergence 2025
Current State of Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Geographical Diversity in ANCA-associated vasculitis and Giant Cell Arteritis Trials
Manuel Carpio Tumba¹, Aida Mohamadi², Diana Louden³, Victor Pimentel-Quiroz⁴, Michael Putman⁵, Didem Saygin⁶, Raisa Lomanto Silva⁷ and Sebastian E Sattui⁸, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Universidad Científica del Sur, San Isidro, Peru, ⁵The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁶Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) generate unbiased efficacy estimates and are required for regulatory approval. Understanding the degree to which they include racial, ethnic, sex,…
Abstract Number: 1880 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rheumatoid Arthritis Mortality in the U.S. (1999–2020): A Decline in Rates, But Not in Disparities
Aziz-ur-Rahman Khalid¹, Ghassan Makhoul², Hasan Munshi², Islam Rajab², Emmanuel Olumuyide³, MD Walid Akram Hussain², Aqsa Sorathia², Elvira Assaf², Amer Al Badawy², John Salama² and Robert Lahita⁴, ¹St. Joseph's University Medical Center, wayne, ²St. Josephs University Medical Center, Paterson, ³Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, ⁴St. Josephs University Medical Center, Wayne, NJ
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality. While treatments have evolved, national trends and sociodemographic disparities in…
Abstract Number: 1080 • ACR Convergence 2025
Are Minority Populations Truly Vaccine Hesitant? A Provider-Based Approach to RSV Vaccine Uptake Suggests Otherwise.
pavana sakhamuri¹, Stephen Lindsey², Cathryn Leggio³ and Ellen Mire⁴, ¹LSUHSC, Dept of Rheumatology, Lafayette, LA, ²LSUHSC, Dept of Rheumatology, NEW ORLEANS, LA, ³University Medical center, NEW ORLEANS, LA, ⁴LSUHSC, Dept of Medicine, NEW ORLEANS, LA
Background/Purpose: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in older adults and young children, particularly those with chronic illnesses or…
Abstract Number: 0785 • ACR Convergence 2025
It Takes a Community: Exploring the Importance of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health in Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
Chloe Heiting¹, Yiyuan Wu², Susan Goodman³, Peter Sculco⁴, Fei Wang², Rich Caruana⁵, Peter Cram⁶, Said Ibrahim⁷ and Bella Mehta⁸, ¹Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Microsoft, Redmond, WA, ⁶University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Jersey City, NJ
Background/Purpose: Despite changing trends and increased utilization of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the United States,1 there are still prominent racial and ethnic disparities in…
Abstract Number: 0194 • ACR Convergence 2024
Machine Learning Methods to Predict Cardiovascular Risk in Hispanic Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ariana Gonzalez-Melendez¹, Jeann Hernandez-Franco², Dylan Cedres-Rivera³ and Abiel Roche-Lima³, ¹University of Puerto Rico - Medical Science Campus, Guaynabo, PR, ²University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico, ³Center for Collaborative Research in Health Disparities, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico
Background/Purpose: The most common cause of death among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Previous studies have performed cardiovascular risk stratification;…
Abstract Number: 1012 • ACR Convergence 2024
Disparities in Time to Diagnosis for Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Renato Ferrandiz¹, Gabriela Rabasa², Sarah Gasman³, Brooke Mcginley⁴, Rachael Stovall⁵, S. Reza Jafarzadeh⁶, Jean Liew⁶ and Maureen Dubreuil⁷, ¹North Alabama Medical Center, Florence, AL, ²Department of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA; formerly ankylosing spondylitis) has an average diagnostic delay of 7 years, which can lead to a diminished quality of life…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-Term Outcomes Based on the Sex of the Rheumatologist in a Prospective Cohort of RA Patients Receiving Biological Therapies
Alessandro Giollo¹, Mariangela Salvato², Margherita Zen³ and doria Andrea⁴, ¹Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Padova, Padua, Italy, ²University of Padua, Padova, Italy, ³University of Padova, Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁴University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: To explore the influence of the rheumatologist's sex on long-term outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) undergoing biologic therapy.Methods: This is a prospective,…
Abstract Number: 1926 • ACR Convergence 2024
Race/ethnicity Is Associated with Disease Severity in Pediatric Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States
Rob Valdovinos¹, William Soulsby² and Emily von Scheven², ¹UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Race and ethnicity are societal constructs that contribute to health disparities. Small studies have found that Hispanic patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) are more…

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