Abstract Number: 0366 • ACR Convergence 2021
Why Is It so Difficult for AxSpA Patients to Find a Job? Results from the European Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (EMAS)
Background/Purpose: AxSpA is associated with substantial negative consequences regarding work status and career prospects. The aim is to identify factors associated with barriers to job…Abstract Number: 0633 • ACR Convergence 2021
Value of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) as a Disease Activity Measure in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The RAPID3 is a patient-reported pooled index of three measures: function, pain, and patient global estimate of status, that is used to classify disease…Abstract Number: 0634 • ACR Convergence 2021
Correlation Between the Functional Component of the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (FN), Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ), Health Assessment Questionnaire II (HAQ-II) and a Single Functional Question (PF) in Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Background/Purpose: There has been significant work developing questionnaires to find effective and reliable ways of characterizing the functional status of patients, to track disease progression…Abstract Number: 1165 • ACR Convergence 2021
“What Matters”: Patient and Clinician Perspectives in Psoriatic Arthritis Care
Background/Purpose: Recent psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treatment recommendations (1), highlight the importance of shared decision making; this ideally requires the clinician understands “what matters” to each…Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2020
Sexual Health Impairment in 62 Female Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of rare diseases characterized by chronic muscle inflammation and multiple organ involvement. These serious clinical manifestations…Abstract Number: 1134 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence of Frailty and Associated Factors in a National Observational Cohort of Rheumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Frailty is associated with poor health outcomes in the general population, and recent studies have highlighted its importance in rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). Prior…Abstract Number: 1288 • ACR Convergence 2020
Predictors of Frailty Identified by the Short Physical Performance Battery and Associations with Patient-reported Outcomes
Background/Purpose: Frailty, defined as a generalized vulnerability to stressors, has emerged as a relevant concept in SLE1, although its origins are in geriatrics. As defined…Abstract Number: 1457 • ACR Convergence 2020
Two Minute Walking Distance and Other Timed Function Tests Are Superior to MMT-8 in Assessing Outcomes in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory myositis are heterogenous group of diseases affecting skeletal muscles and multiple different organs. Assessing improvement in disease activity is done by Manual muscle…Abstract Number: 1458 • ACR Convergence 2020
Slower Current Walking Speed Is Associated with Progression in Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Background/Purpose: Poorer physical functioning as a single baseline measurement has been associated with increased risk of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (rKOA) progression, but it is unknown…Abstract Number: 1468 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association of Walking Speed from Short- and Standard-Distance Tests with Mortality Risk Among Adults with Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, Osteoarthritis Initiative and Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Background/Purpose: Patients with radiographic knee OA (rKOA) are at increased risk of mortality and walking difficulty may mediate this relation. Walking speed may be used…Abstract Number: 1657 • ACR Convergence 2020
Do Comorbidities Limit Improvement in Pain and Physical Function After Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis?
Background/Purpose: Individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA) are increasingly living with multiple comorbid conditions. The presence of comorbidities has been associated with having worse OA symptoms…Abstract Number: 1726 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessment of the Components of RAPID3 Patient Reported Outcomes in an Community Rheumatology Practice
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes are integral to measuring patient response to treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RAPID3 is a patient reported outcome metric that consists…Abstract Number: 1900 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Clinical and the Functional Impact of Central Sensitization on Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of central sensitization (CS) on axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) patients’ clinical and functional situation and quality of life.Methods: Subjects with axSpA…Abstract Number: 0046 • ACR Convergence 2020
Socioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status Among RA Patients: A Longitudinal Analysis Using RISE Data
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have shown that RA outcomes, including disease activity, erosions, and disability, are worse among patients with low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few…Abstract Number: 0337 • ACR Convergence 2020
Similar Impact of Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis on Objective and Subjective Parameters of Hand Function
Background/Purpose: To compare the impact of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on objective and subjective parameters of hand function.Methods: Hand function was assessed…
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