Abstracts tagged "Health Assessment Questionnaire"

Abstract Number: 1370 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Not All Joints Are Equal: Challenge DAS28 System and Identify Factors Leading to a Mismatch Between T2T and HAQ Among RA Patients Through Data Mining from Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM)
Jing Yang¹, Zhenbiao Wu ², Yongfu Wang ³, Hua Wei ⁴, Yu Zhang ¹, Xiaoling Liu ⁵, Xiaofeng Rong ⁶, Jinmei Zou ¹, Xiaofei Shi ⁷, Hongbin Li ⁸, Rui Wu ⁹, Xiaoli Deng ¹⁰, Huiqiong Zhou ¹¹, Yuan Jia ¹², Wei Zhao ¹³, Shi Chen ¹², Xuewu Zhang ¹², Yingnan Li ¹⁴, Yingkun Nie ¹⁴, Yifang Mei ¹⁵, Jianyu Zhang ¹⁶, Hanyou Mo ¹⁷, li Sun ¹⁸, Yanfei Chen ¹⁹, Haili Shen ²⁰, Dongsheng Li ²¹, Yonggang Zhao ²², Hui Xiao ²³, Bing Wu ²⁴, Yuhua Jia ²² and Fei Xiao ²⁵, ¹Central Hospital of MianYang, Mianyang, Sichuan, China (People's Republic), ²The First Affiliated Hospital of The Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, Shanxi, China (People's Republic), ³The First Affiliated Hospital of BaoTou Medical College, Baotou, Nei Mongol, China (People's Republic), ⁴Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁵The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁶The 1st Affiliated hospital of Chongqing medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China (People's Republic), ⁷First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, luoyang, Henan, China (People's Republic), ⁸The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Huhhot, Nei Mongol, China (People's Republic), ⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹¹Fourth Medical Center of PLA Genal Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹²Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹³Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹⁴The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (People's Republic), ¹⁵The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (People's Republic), ¹⁶The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (People's Republic), ¹⁷Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China (People's Republic), ¹⁸The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China (People's Republic), ¹⁹The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China (People's Republic), ²⁰The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China (People's Republic), ²¹Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China (People's Republic), ²²Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²³Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd, shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²⁴Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²⁵Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Treat to target (T2T), achieving a DAS28 score lower than 3.2, is the strategy recommended by ACR and EULAR. Health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) is…
Abstract Number: 1600 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psychometric Properties of the Assessment of Spa International Society Health Index in Patients with Active As/Radiographic Axial Spa in a Phase 3 Clinical Study
Uta Kiltz¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Annelies Boonen^3,4, Lianne S. Gensler⁵, Theresa Hunter⁶, Yan Dong⁶, Kathleen Wyrwich⁶, Hilde Carlier⁶ and Jürgen Braun^1,7, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Caphri Research Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁵University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Assessment of SpA international Society Health Index (ASAS HI) was developed to assess function, disability, and health in patients (pts) with SpA. This…
Abstract Number: 1865 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ixekizumab Significantly Improves Self-Reported Overall Functioning and Health in Patients with Active As/Radiographic Axial Spa Naive to Biologic DMARD Therapy: 16‑Week Results of a Phase 3 Randomized, Active and Placebo-Controlled Trial
Uta Kiltz¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Annelies Boonen^3,4, Lianne S. Gensler⁵, Theresa Hunter⁶, Fangyi Zhao⁶, Hilde Carlier⁶ and Jürgen Braun^1,7, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Caphri Research Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁵School of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Assessment of SpA international Society Health Index (ASAS HI) is a relatively new measure to assess function, disability, and health in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1923 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis to Target: Is Low Disease Activity Good Enough?
Elena Nikiphorou¹, Sam Norton², Adam Young³, Lewis Carpenter², Josh Dixey⁴, David Walsh⁵ and Patrick Kiely⁶, ¹Academic Rheumatology, Department of Inflammation Biology, King's College London, London, Great Britain, ²Academic Rheumatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Hertfordshire, Hertford, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, The Royal Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, ⁵Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Great Britain, ⁶Rheumatology Dept, St Georges Hospital, London, Great Britain
Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis To Target: Is Low Disease Activity Good Enough? Background/Purpose: It is now widely recognised that treat-to-target (T2T) principles in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 2491 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treat-to-Target (T2T) Is Not Enough: Identify Factors Leading to a Mismatch between T2T and HAQ Among RA Patients through Data Mining from Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM)
Jing Yang¹, Hua Wei², Jianlin Huang³, Wenqiang Fan⁴, Hongzhi Wang⁵, Yongfu Wang⁶, Rong Mu⁷, Chun Li⁸, Jinmei Zou¹, Yu Zhang¹, Bin Wu⁹, Jianling Dong¹, Xiaofei Shi¹⁰, Xinwang Duan¹¹, Jianhong Wu¹², Fang He¹³, Hong Liu¹, Zhijun Li¹⁴, Guosheng Wang¹⁵, Shengguang Li¹⁶, Bei Wang¹⁷, Yanjie Hao¹⁸, Huiqiong Zhou¹⁹, Haili shen²⁰, Yang Cui²¹, Wenhui Huang²², Qing-chun Huang²³, Hui Xiao²⁴, Yuhua Jia²⁴, Fei Xiao²⁴ and Feng-Chun Zhang²⁵, ¹Department of rheumatology, Central Hospital of MianYang, Sichuan, Mian Yang, China, ²Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China, ³Department of rheumatology, The Sixth Hospital Affiliated to Sun yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ⁴Department of rheumatology, Central Hospital of XinXiang, Henan, XinXiang, China, ⁵The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China, ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of BaoTou Medical College, Baotou, China, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁸Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China, ¹⁰The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China, ¹¹Department of rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ¹²Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China, ¹³Central Hospital of Sui Ning, Sichuan, Suining, China, ¹⁴The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China, ¹⁵Department of rheumatology, Anhui Medical University Affiliated Provincial Hospital, Hefei, China, ¹⁶Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China, ¹⁷Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Beijing, China, ¹⁸The First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University, Beijing, China, ¹⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, lanzhou, China, ²¹Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China, ²²The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ²³Rheumatology, Guangzhou Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, ²⁴Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, ²⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: T2T, achieving a DAS28 score lower than 3.2 is the main management strategy recommended by ACR and EULAR. HAQ is the most widely used…
Abstract Number: 2492 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pattern Shift and Influential Factors in Promoting Treat-to-Target (T2T) for Follow-up RA Patients with a Rheumatologist-Patient Interactive Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM): A Cohort Study from China
Rong Mu¹, Chun Li², Jing Yang³, Hua Wei⁴, Jianlin Huang⁵, Wenqiang Fan⁶, Yongfu Wang⁷, Hongzhi Wang⁸, Jinmei Zou³, Xiaofei Shi⁹, Xiafei Xin¹⁰, Jianhong Wu¹¹, Fen Li¹², Shouxin Li¹³, Huiqin Yang¹⁴, Anbing Zhang¹⁵, Dongbao Zhao¹⁶, Jinchang He¹⁷, Junli Zhang¹⁸, Luo Li¹⁹, Peng Ji²⁰, Xiaofeng Rong²¹, Feng Jiang²², Ling Wang²³, Yuhua Jia²⁴, Fei Xiao²⁴ and Zhan-Guo Li²⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Department of rheumatology, Central Hospital of MianYang, Sichuan, Mian Yang, China, ⁴Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China, ⁵Department of rheumatology, The Sixth Hospital Affiliated to Sun yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ⁶Department of rheumatology, Central Hospital of XinXiang, Henan, XinXiang, China, ⁷The First Affiliated Hospital of BaoTou Medical College, Baotou, China, ⁸The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China, ⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China, ¹⁰Ningbo First Hospital, Zhejiang, Ningbo, China, ¹¹Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China, ¹²The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, ¹³Tongji Hospital，Tongji Medical College，Huazhong University of Science and Technology, wuhan, China, ¹⁴Wuhan No 1 Hospital, wuhan, China, ¹⁵Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, China, ¹⁶Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China, ¹⁷PanZhiHua Central Hospital, Panzhihua, China, ¹⁸Xi 'an no.5 hospital, Xian, China, ¹⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of XinJiang Medical University, Wulumuqi, China, ²⁰[email protected], Wulumuqi, China, ²¹Affiliated hospital of Chongqing medical University, Chongqing, China, ²²Huzhou Third People's Hospital, Huzhou, China, ²³Zao Zhuang Municipal Hospital, zaozhuang, China, ²⁴Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, ²⁵Rheum/Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-Target (T2T), achieving a DAS28 score lower than 2.6 (remission, Rem) or below 3.2 (low disease activity, LDA), is the main management strategy recommended…
Abstract Number: 2687 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient-Level Evaluation of Components of the American College of Rheumatology Combined Response Index in Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS) Using Patient-Reported Anchors
Vivek Nagaraja¹, John Powers², Celia J. F. Lin³, Benjamin Brennan⁴, Veronica J. Berrocal⁵ and Dinesh Khanna¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Rockville, MD, ³Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Treatment benefit is demonstrated by evidence that interventions have positive impacts on how patients feel, function, and/or survive (FDA Guidance, 21CFR314.510). The ACR CRISS,…
Abstract Number: 223 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Concomitant Diabetes on RA-Related Outcomes: Results from the Acr’s RISE Registry
Huifeng Yun¹, Fenglong Xie¹, Lang Chen¹, Shuo Yang¹, Leticia Ferri², Evo Alemao², Tammy Curtice² and Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: The impact of concomitant comorbidities on RA outcomes is of high interest, and some evidence suggests that patients (pts) with RA and diabetes may…
Abstract Number: 332 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Components of Impaired Physical Function and Disability in a Non-Rheumatic Population. Normative Values of the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index
C Alejandro Arce-Salinas¹, H FABRICIO ESPINOSA-ORTEGA² and Olivia Enriquez-Antonio³, ¹INTERNAL MEDICINE, Hospital Central Sur PEMEX, MEXICO, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Department, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockolm, Sweden, ³Internal Medicine, Hospital Central Sur PEMEX, mexico, Mexico
Background/Purpose: HAQ-Di is broadly used to measure disability in RA, its assessment might influence taking decision process. However, it cannot differentiate disability related to arthritis,…
Abstract Number: 335 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cross-Cultural Validity of Functional Status Assessment Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Stephanie Kulhawy-Wibe¹, JoAnn Zell^2,3, Kaleb Michaud⁴, Jinoos Yazdany⁵, Linda S. Ehrlich-Jones^6,7, Carter Thorne⁸, Donna Everix⁹ and Claire Barber¹⁰, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Denver Health, Denver, CO, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, ⁷Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁸University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹OnMyCare Home Health, Fremont, CA, ¹⁰Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Functional Status Assessment Measures (FSAMs) are important outcome measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) as poor function is a predictor for mortality and associated with…
Abstract Number: 1434 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient-Proxy Agreement on Health-Related Quality of Life in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Sabrina Gmuca, Audrey Urquhart and David D. Sherry, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The administration of proxy-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures in the assessment of juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome (JFMS) is common but its added clinical…
Abstract Number: 1533 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simulating Population Disability Outcomes for Alternative Treatment Pathways in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Josephine Mauskopf¹, Mahdi Gharaibeh², David Wamble¹, David H. Collier², Bradley S. Stolshek² and Eric L. Matteson³, ¹RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that causes joint pain and swelling, bone erosions, and deformity. This debilitating disease can severely…
Abstract Number: 342 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Health Related Quality of Life Is Comparable in Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Spite of Different Disease Activity. SF-36 Data from a Large Prospective Observational Multicentre Study
Brigitte Michelsen^1,2, Till Uhlig¹, Eirik K Kristianslund¹, Joseph Sexton¹, Elisabeth Lie¹, Karen M Fagerli³, Hilde B Hammer⁴, Glenn Haugeberg^5,6 and Tore K Kvien⁷, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Martina Hansens Hospital, Bærum, Norway, ⁶NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: It is well established that RA patients have lower health related quality of life (HRQoL) across several domains compared with the general population, whereas…
Abstract Number: 928 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Online Consultation for Chinese Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Based on Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM) Mobile Tool: A Study of Medical Economics
Fei Xiao¹, Rui Wu², Zhenchun Zhang³, Weiqi Min⁴, Yanchun Tang⁵, Xinwang Duan⁶, Lingfei Mo⁷, Zhaojun Guo⁸, Yanping Zhao⁹, Henglian Wu¹⁰, Xia Xu¹¹, Feng Jiang¹², Jing Yu¹³, Jianhong Qiang¹⁴, Yan Wang⁹, Ruijie Wu¹⁵, Anbing Zhang¹⁶, Limei Gu¹⁷, Hui Xiao¹, Yuhua Jia¹, Yuan Liu¹, Bing Wu¹, Chunhui Shi¹ and Fengchun Zhang¹⁸, ¹Gothic Internet Technology Corporation, Shanghai, China, ²The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ³People's Hospital of Linyi, Shandong, Linyi, China, ⁴Heze Municiple Hospital, Heze, China, ⁵Yantai YuHuangDing Hospital, Yantai, China, ⁶Department of rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ⁷The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an, China, ⁸The First People's Hospital of Huainan City, Huainan, China, ⁹First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, ¹⁰Dongguan Donghua Hospital, Dongguan, China, ¹¹Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China, ¹²Huzhou Third People's Hospital, Huzhou, China, ¹³The First Hospital Affiliated with the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China, ¹⁴Yan'an People's Hospital, Yan'an, China, ¹⁵The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical College, Taiyuan, China, ¹⁶Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, China, ¹⁷Central People's Hospital of Siping, Siping, China, ¹⁸Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: China doesn’t have efficient primary medical care and referral system. Patients can choose any hospitals or any doctors they like to seek medical care.…
Abstract Number: 1360 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of the Health Assessment Questionnaire-Upper Extremity (HAQUP) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Juan Manuel Bande¹, José Ángel Caracciolo¹, Silvia Beatriz Papasidero¹, María Julia Santa Cruz², María Alejandra Medina¹, Diana Klajn³, María Gabriela Battaglia⁴, Julieta Giantinoto⁴ and Florencia Pelagagge⁴, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Section of Rheumatology, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Research Committee, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Occupational Therapy Department, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: HAQ is considered the gold standard for the evaluation of functional capacity in patients with RA, even though it doesn´t focus in any particular…

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