Abstracts tagged "Evaluation"

Abstract Number: 0486 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Practical Approach to Competency-based Evaluations and Milestone Mapping for Adult Rheumatology Fellowship Programs
Grant hughes¹, Sarah Chung¹, Elizabeth Wahl², Jenna Thomason¹, Bernard Ng³, Ingeborg Sacksen⁴ and Alison Bays¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ³Rheumatology Section, VA Puget Sound HCS, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Washington, Bellingham, WA
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology has developed 14 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Adult Rheumatology that define broad clinical competency goals for fellowship. At…
Abstract Number: 189 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Rheumatology Lectures By Clinical Students in a Nigerian Medical School: Learning from the Learners
Akpabio Akpabio¹, Mayowa Owolabi², Victor Umoh³ and Olufemi Adelowo⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Uyo, Nigeria, ²Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria, ³Internal Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria, ⁴Arthrimed Specialist Clinic:The Arthritis Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
Background/Purpose: There is a disparity between the enormous burden and the knowledge of rheumatic disorders among doctors and this is partly traceable to inadequate undergraduate…
Abstract Number: 1261 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development a Core Domain Set to Assess Shared Decision Making Interventions in Rheumatology: An OMERACT White Paper to Facilitate Endorsement
Karine Toupin-April¹, Jennifer Barton^2,3, Liana Fraenkel⁴, Alexa Meara⁵, Linda Li⁶, Peter Brooks⁷, Maarten de Wit⁸, Dawn Stacey^9,10, France Légaré¹¹, Beverly Shea^9,12,13, Anne Lyddiatt¹⁴, Catherine Hofstetter¹⁵, Robin Christensen¹⁶, Marieke Scholte-Voshaar^17,18, Maria Suarez-Almazor¹⁹, Annelies Boonen²⁰, Tanya Meade^21,22, Lyn March²², Janet Elizabeth Jull⁹, Willemina Campbell²³, Rieke Alten²⁴, Suvi Karuranga²⁵, Esi Morgan²⁶, Jessica Kaufmann²⁷, Sophie Hill²⁷, Lara J. Maxwell^9,10, Dorcas Beaton²⁸, Yasser El-Miedany²⁹, Shikha Mittoo³⁰, Susan J. Bartlett³¹, Jasvinder A. Singh³² and Peter Tugwell³³, ¹Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁶Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁷The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁸EULAR standing committee of PARE, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁰The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹¹Université Laval, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹³School of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Musculoskeletal Group, Cochrane Collaboration, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁵OMERACT patient research partner group, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁶Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁷University of Twente, Enschede, ON, Netherlands, ¹⁸OMERACT patient research partner group, Enschede, Netherlands, ¹⁹Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²¹Western Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia, ²²University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ²³OMERACT patient research partner group, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁴University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁵Access to Medicine Foundation, Haarlem, Netherlands, ²⁶University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²⁷La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia, ²⁸Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁹Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ³⁰Involved medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³²Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³³Center For Global Health, Institute of Population Hlth, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Shared decision making (SDM) improves decisional outcomes and patient-physician communication and holds great potential for improving the management of various rheumatology conditions. However, the…
Abstract Number: 2872 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Variation in Predictors of Patient and Physician Defined Flares in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anna O'Connor¹, Joshua Baker², Bryant R. England³, Brian C. Sauer⁴, Grant W. Cannon⁵ and J. Steuart Richards⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Philadelphia VA Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Rheumatology, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The identification of risk factors associated with flares in RA is challenging because of the use of different composite disease activity scores and a…
Abstract Number: 2941 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reach and Effectiveness of a Health Communications Campaign Promoting Self Management Education: Results of a Pilot Test of the Learn More. Feel Better. Campaign
Teresa Brady¹, Meghan Lewis², Carla Cartwright², Anne Hvizdak³ and Sara Lasker⁴, ¹Clarity Consulting and Communications, Atlanta, GA, ²Porter Novelli, Atlanta, GA, ³Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, WI, ⁴Healthy & Hygge, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Learn More. Feel Better. (LMFB) is a multi-modal marketing campaign to promote self-management education (SME) as a chronic disease management strategy. The campaign targets…
Abstract Number: 639 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Sonographic Analysis of Patients with Psoriasis without Musculoskeletal Complaints. Preeliminary Results of a Prospective Study: The PRE-Psa Cohort
Andrea Cuervo¹, Julio Ramírez², Merce Alsina³, Raimon Sanmarti⁴ and Juan D. Cañete⁵, ¹Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology Dpt, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Dermatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology Department, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is mandatory in order to initiate early therapy and prevent disability. Around 20% of patients with Psoriasis (PsO)…
Abstract Number: 2249 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influence of Large-Joint Involvement on Patient-Physician Discordance in Global Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Analyzed By Novel Joint Index
Tetsuji Sawada¹, Mayu Tago¹, Susumu Nishiyama², Koichiro Tahara¹, Eri Kato³, Hiroaki Mori¹, Haeru Hayashi¹, Jinju Nishino⁴, Toshihiro Matsui⁵ and Shigeto Tohma⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Rheumatic Disease Center, Kurashiki Medical Center, Okayama, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Lifetime Clinical Immunology Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan
Background/Purpose: The discordance between patient global assessment (PGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity may be problematic in clinical practice.…
Abstract Number: 2910 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical and Ultrasound Measures of Disease Activity in a Large National ‘Real Life’ Cohort of RA Patients
Pascal Zufferey¹, Delphine Couvoisier², Hans Ruedi Ziswiler³, Laure Brulhart⁴, Giorgio Tamborrini⁵, Michael Nissen⁶, Adrian Ciurea⁷, Burkhard Moeller⁸, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino^9,10 and Axel Finckh², ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²geneva university hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ³Osteorheuma, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴médecine, hôpital neuchateulois, La chaux de fond, Switzerland, ⁵UZR, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶rheumatology, geneva university hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Department for Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt , Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Paris, France, ¹⁰University of Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Clinical measures of disease activity, such as the DAS-score and ultrasound (US) scores of disease activity can be sometimes yield discordant results. Little research…
Abstract Number: 2366 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Utility of the Bulge Sign in Evaluating Knee Osteoarthritis
Fatimah Al Eid¹, Timothy E. McAlindon², Ming Zhang³ and Jeffrey Driban³, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Despite clinicians commonly using the bulge sign test to assess presence of knee effusion, prior studies have questioned the validity of the test to…
Abstract Number: 2476 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) Appears to be Better Than Gold Standard Disease Assessment Score (DAS-28 CRP)
Pooja Dhaon¹, Siddharth K. Das², Ragini Srivastava³ and Urmila Dhakad⁴, ¹Medicine, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Uttar Pradesh, India., Barabanki, India, ²Rheumatology, Prof. and Head, Rheumatology, K.G. Medical University, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ³Rheumatology, Senior Research Officer, Rheumatology, K.G. Medical University, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, India, ⁴Rheumatology, Asst Professor, K.G. Medical University, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose : To compare the performance of DAS-28 CRP, CDAI and SDAI composite measures to assess status of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis on Methotrexate, versus…
Abstract Number: 547 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Concordance Between Ultrasound Joint Synovitis and Clinical Joint Assessments By Patients or Physicians in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ayako Hirata¹, Takehisa Ogura¹, Sayaka Takenaka¹, Hideki Ito², Yuki Fujisawa¹, Kennosuke Mizushina¹, Munetsugu Imamura¹, Norihide Hayashi² and Hideto Kameda¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ²Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography (US) has been prevalently used as a valid and objective modality for joint examination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed…
Abstract Number: 2287 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of the Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST) Questionnaire to Screen Fibromyalgia Associated with Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease
Angélique Fan¹, Bruno Pereira², Anne Tournadre³, Zuzana Tatar¹, Sandrine Malochet-Guinamand⁴, Martin Soubrier¹ and Jean-Jacques Dubost¹, ¹Rheumatology department CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ²Biostatistics unit (DRCI), CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ³Rheumatology, UNH-UMR 1019 INRA University of Auvergne and Rheumatology department CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department,, Rheumatology department CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is prevalent in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRd), where it hampers diagnosis and activity assessment. No tool for screening FM…
Abstract Number: 1695 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of Vesmeter As a Diagnostic Tool of Scleroderma
Yoshihiro Hishitani^1,2, Yoshihito Shima¹, Toshio Tanaka¹ and Atsushi Kumanogoh¹, ¹Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan, ²Internal Medicine, Kinki Central Hospital, Itami, Japan
Background/Purpose: Objective method to evaluate the skin involvement in the patients with scleroderma has not been definitely established. We have developed Vesmeter, a computer-linked device…
Abstract Number: 1389 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Osteophytes Increase the Ambiguity of Clinical Evaluation of Joint Swelling in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Peter Mandl¹, Paul Studenic², Gabriela Supp³, Tanja A. Stamm⁴, Martina Sadlonova⁵, Michaela Ernst⁵, Stefanie Haider⁵, Daniel Aletaha³ and Josef Smolen³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: It is recommended that a joint be classified as clinically swollen if this swelling is beyond doubt. However in clinical practice the evaluation of…
Abstract Number: 559 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultra Sonographic Evaluation of the Anterior Chest Wall in Spondyloarthritis. a Prospective Study
Frank Verhoeven¹, Xavier Guillot², Marie Godfrin-Valnet³, Clément Prati⁴ and Daniel Wendling⁴, ¹Rheumatology, CHU jean Minjoz, Besançon, France, ²rheumatology, Besançon, France, ³Rheumatology, CHRU, Besançon, France, ⁴Service de Rhumatologie, CHU J Minjoz, Besancon, France
Background/Purpose: Anterior chest wall (ACW) involvement is a characteristic feature of spondyloarthritis (SpA), even in early stages, but its paraclinic exploration is not standardized.The aim…

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