Abstract Number: 2524 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Weight Change before and after Diagnosis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with weight loss around the time of diagnosis; little is known about weight change around diagnosis in…Abstract Number: 122 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Prognostic Factors at the Start of Methotrexate Therapy Are Not Associated with Worse Treatment Response: Results from the Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Study
Background/Purpose: As anti-citrullinated protein antibody positivity (+), RF+ and erosions are independently associated with poor outcomes in patients (pts) with RA, clinicians may use these…Abstract Number: 936 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Knee Confidence Trajectories over 8 Years and Factors Associated with Poor Trajectories: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Background/Purpose: Lack of knee confidence, a frequent complaint, has been associated with function decline in knee OA. Given its key role in weight-bearing activities, a…Abstract Number: 2531 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utilization of the Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool to Identify Signs and Symptoms of Early Psoriatic Arthritis Among Those with Psoriasis: Analysis from the Corrona Psoriasis Registry
Background/Purpose: The Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool (PEST) is a 5-item questionnaire developed to help identify psoriatic arthritis (PsA) at an early stage, with a score…Abstract Number: 134 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline Characteristics and Rates of Hospitalized Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Non-TNF Inhibitors in Denmark and Sweden
Background/Purpose: Hospitalized infections during treatment with biologic disease modifying drugs (bDMARDs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are a concern. This have mainly been studied in patients…Abstract Number: 947 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Norway As a National Reference Population for Systemic Sclerosis; Preliminary Results from a Complete, Nationwide Cohort
Background/Purpose: To fully understand the impact of Systemic sclerosis (SSc) there is a need to complement existing multi-center registry data with novel, unbiased, high resolution…Abstract Number: 2681 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology and Survival of Systemic Sclerosis-Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Overlap Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an immune disorder characterized by vasculopathy and fibrosis. SSc may overlap with another disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).…Abstract Number: 142 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Hip Fracture in Rheumatoid Arthritis: British Columbia, Canada
Background/Purpose: Hip fractures have serious long-term effects, including a high 1-year mortality rate (usually 20-30%) and poor functional recovery, with approximately 50% not attaining pre-fracture…Abstract Number: 994 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increasing Population Burden of Psoriatic Disease in Ontario, Canada – a Longitudinal Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: There is limited information on the epidemiology of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in North America. The aims of this study were to estimate…Abstract Number: 2844 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Older Patients with Gout Initiating Febuxostat Versus Allopurinol: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Gout, a disorder of uric acid deposition, is commonly treated with xanthine oxidase inhibitors like febuxostat and allopurinol. While it is well-known that patients…Abstract Number: 145 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cause-Specific Mortality in a Large Population-Based Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Italy
Background/Purpose: Studies on mortality in RA from Italy are completely lacking. The aim of our study was to investigate cause-specific mortality in RA subjects living…Abstract Number: 995 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Epidemiology of Psoriatic Arthritis in Israel – a Population-Based Study
Background/Purpose: There is limited information on the epidemiology of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) in general and in Middle Eastern populations in particular. The aims of this…Abstract Number: 2893 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use of Natural Language Processing to Identify, Retrieve, Report, and Correct Observational Data on US Veterans Enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry
Background/Purpose: The Veterans Affairs (VA) Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) (VARA) registry is an observational cohort study at 12 VA medical centers that prospectively collects clinical…Abstract Number: 151 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Nurses; A Cross Sectional Study
Background/Purpose: Nurses are at increased of developing pain sensitization syndromes due to stress and interrupted sleep. The prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in nurses is unknown.…Abstract Number: 996 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Accuracy of Canadian Administrative Health Data in Identifying Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Using Primary Care Medical Records As the Reference Standard
Background/Purpose: We assessed the accuracy of algorithms to identify patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in administrative health data in a validation set derived…
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