Abstracts tagged "Fatigue"

Abstract Number: 2615 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Pharmacological Treatment on Fatigue, Depression, Disease Activity, and Quality of Life of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review
Monthida Fangtham¹, Jacob Louis Nash², Stephanie Hyon³, Raveendhara R. Bannuru⁴ and Chenchen Wang³, ¹Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ³Rheumatology, Center of Integrative Medicine and Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, Boston, MA, ⁴Center of Integrative Medicine and Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In recent years, non-pharmacological therapies have been deemed as potentially beneficial for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These include complementary and integrative approaches,…
Abstract Number: 2912 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Neural Correlates of Inflammation in RA: A Multi-Modal MRI Study
Andrew Schrepf¹, Chelsea Cummiford¹, Eric Ichesco¹, Tony Larkin¹, Steven E. Harte¹, Richard E. Harris¹, Alison Murray², Gordon Waiter³, Daniel J. Clauw⁴ and Neil Basu⁵, ¹Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Aberdeen Brain Imaging Center, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ³Aberdeen Brain Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁴Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Inflammation is the hallmark of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA is characterized by fatigue and cognitive/affective disturbances, and these symptoms often worsen…
Abstract Number: 2955 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Guideline-Based Care Improve Outcomes That Matter to Patients? Tighter Control, Less Suffering, and Greater Well-Being over the Past Decade in Canadian RA Patients
Susan J. Bartlett^1,2, Orit Schieir³, Marie-France Valois⁴, Carol A Hitchon⁵, Janet E. Pope⁶, Gilles Boire⁷, Boulos Haraoui⁸, Edward C. Keystone⁹, Diane Tin¹⁰, Carter Thorne¹¹ and Vivian P. Bykerk¹², ¹Department of Medicine, Division of ClinEpi, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸Institute de Rheumatologie, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹¹University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹²2-005, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Best practice recommendations can increase quality of care and improve clinical outcomes, however the impact of recommendations on outcomes that matter most to patients…
Abstract Number: 2968 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Less Fatigue in Psoriatic Arthritis after High Intensity Interval Training. a Randomized Controlled Trial
Ruth Stoklund Thomsen¹, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen², Glenn Haugeberg³, Anja Bye³, Arthur Kavanaugh⁴ and Mari Hoff⁵, ¹Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ²Faculty of medicine, Department of public health and nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ³NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ⁴Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Rheumatolgy, University Hospital, St. Olavs Hospital, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a high disease burden with increased pain and more fatigue than the general population. Physical exercise is recommended…
Abstract Number: 158 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Lu Eight-Brocades Exercise Beneficial for Patients with Fibromyalgia?
Juan Jiao¹, Irwin Jon Russell², Wen Wang³, Ya-yun Zhao⁴, Rou-man Zhang⁴, Jing Wang⁴ and Quan Jiang⁵, ¹Rheumatism Department, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ²Affiliated with Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center of South Texas, Medical Director, Fibromyalgia Research and Consulting, San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, TX, ³JCW Education Consulting, Conway, AR, ⁴Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a chronic debilitating musculoskeletal pain syndrome that causes substantial physical and psychological impairments. With the release of the 2016 revised EULAR recommendations…
Abstract Number: 463 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Certolizumab Pegol for Fatigue in Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Meta-Analysis
Yesim Ozguler¹, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu¹, Guzin Karatemiz¹, Ali Ugur Unal², Gul Guzelant¹, Elif Dincses³, Mustafa Erdogan¹, Sema Kaymaz Tahra² and Gulen Hatemi¹, ¹Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Departement of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İstanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is an important problem that impairs life quality in patients with rheumatic diseases. Although fatigue is often associated with disease activity, only a…
Abstract Number: 1235 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Perceived Stress and Fatigue in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Patricia P. Katz¹, Desiree R Azizoddin² and Meenakshi Jolly³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a common and often severe symptom among individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Yet, there is an incomplete understanding of the causes…
Abstract Number: 887 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fatigue and Physical Functioning in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Gunnar Tomasson¹, John T. Farrar², David Cuthbertson³, Susan Ashdown⁴, Don Gebhart⁵, Georgia Lanier⁶, Nataliya Milman⁷, Jacqueline Peck⁴, Joanna C. Robson^8,9, Judy A. Shea¹⁰, Simon Carette¹¹, Gary S. Hoffman¹², Nader A. Khalidi^13,14, Curry L. Koening¹⁵, Carol A. Langford¹⁶, Carol A McAlear¹⁷, Paul A. Monach¹⁸, Larry W. Moreland¹⁹, Christian Pagnoux²⁰, Antoine G. Sreih²¹, Kenneth J. Warrington²², Steven R. Ytterberg²³ and Peter A. Merkel²⁴, ¹Dept of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Columbus, Columbus, OH, ⁶NONE, Framingham, MA, ⁷University of Ottawa Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Division of Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁸School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁹Faculty of Health and Applied Science, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹³Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁶Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁷Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁰Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²¹Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²²Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA Mayo, Rochester, MN, ²³Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Physical function is an established outcome measure for many rheumatic diseases and fatigue is a common disease manifestation across most, if not all,…
Abstract Number: 1055 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Activity Behavior in Men with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Register Based Study of Physical Activity Correlates, Motivators, Barriers and Preferences
Nanna Maria Hammer¹, Julie Midtgaard², Merete Lund Hetland^3,4, Niels Steen Krogh⁵ and Bente Appel Esbensen^1,6, ¹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, The DANBIO registry and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵Zitelab, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁶Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: While physical activity (PA) has been recommended as a part of the non-pharmacological management of inflammatory arthritis (IA), previous research within this area has…
Abstract Number: 1058 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adjustment Profiles Comprising Objective and Subjective Measures in Fibromyalgia Patients
Fernando Estévez-López^1,2, Inmaculada C Álvarez Gallardo¹, Víctor Segura-Jiménez^1,3, Milkana Borges-Cosic¹, Manuel Pulido-Martos⁴, Ana Carbonell-Baeza³, Virginia A Aparicio^1,5, Rinie Geenen² and Manuel Delgado-Fernández¹, ¹University of Granada, Granada, Spain, ²Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain, ⁴University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ⁵VU University Medical Care, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Only one-third of FM patients obtain benefits after receiving one of the available therapy modalities. Insights into the heterogeneous picture of FM might improve…
Abstract Number: 1525 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pain, Physical Function, and Worry (But Not Depression and Poor Sleep) Lead to Greater Fatigue in RA
Susan J. Bartlett¹, Michelle Jones² and Clifton Bingham III³, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of ClinEpi, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Some view fatigue as resulting from disease activity, while others see it as a natural consequence of the pain, disability, and the emotional burden…
Abstract Number: 1534 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of the Relationship of the Static and Dynamic Balance Parameters with Clinical, Functional and Radiological Findings in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Canan Sanal Top¹, M Tuncay Duruoz² and Osman Hakan Gunduz³, ¹PMR Department, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Marmara University School of Medicine, Sisli-Istanbul, Turkey, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Lower extremity arthritis, proprioceptive dysfunction related to foot deformities, muscle weakness, joint restrictions, biomechanical disoerders, fatigue, sleep disorders, depression, and pain are frequently seen…
Abstract Number: 1541 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Frailty Is Associated with Decreased Physical Function in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
James Andrews¹, Ken Covinsky², Catherine Hough¹, Laura Trupin³, Edward H. Yelin³ and Patricia P. Katz³, ¹Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Reduced physical function and health-related quality of life remain common in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and further studies are needed that examine potential, novel determinates…
Abstract Number: 1548 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlates of Fatigue in People Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten^1,2, Sally Fenton^3,4, Peter Rouse⁵, George Metsios^3,6, Ahmad Osailan^1,2, Chen-an Yu², Nikos Ntoumanis⁷, Joan Duda⁴ and George Kitas^1,2, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom, ²School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom, ⁴School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁵Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Physical Activity Exercise and Health, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, United Kingdom, ⁷School of Psychology & Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a frequently mentioned symptom by people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, little research has explored the associations between fatigue and other…
Abstract Number: 1763 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Impact of Belimumab on Health-Related Quality of Life and Fatigue in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Following 7 Years of Treatment Exposure: Impact of Clinical Characteristics over Time
Vibeke Strand¹, Pam Berry², Xiwu Lin², Yumi Asukai³, James Fettiplace³ and Sulabha Ramachandran², ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²GSK, Philadelphia, PA, ³GSK, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Despite improvements in medical care leading to improved survival, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) adversely affects patients’ health related quality of life (HRQoL). To explore…