Abstracts tagged "health behaviors"

Abstract Number: 0374 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing Attitudes and Barriers to Vaccination in Pediatric Rheumatic
Merav Heshin Bekenstein¹, Rebecca Hetrick², Vidya Sivaraman³, Beth Rutstein⁴, Albert Chow⁵, Peter Chiraseveenuprapund⁶, Vincent Del Gaizo⁷, Melanie Kohlheim⁸, guy Brock⁹, Sapuni Chandrasena⁹, Chloé Janse van Rensburg¹⁰ and Marina Gad El Sayed¹¹, ¹Tel Aviv Medical Center Israel, Binyamina, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁴The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Wynnewood, PA, ⁵Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Whitehouse Station, NJ, ⁸CARRA, Granville, OH, ⁹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹¹University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA
Background/Purpose: Vaccine-preventable diseases pose greater risk to children with rheumatic diseases treated with immunosuppressive therapies and to those with underlying immune dysregulation. Despite the importance…
Abstract Number: 2198 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sociocultural Influences on Pregnancy Planning for Individuals Diagnosed with SLE in an Urban Hispanic Population: A Qualitative Study with Considerations for a Holistic Approach
Andrew Ramirez¹, Alexa Montes de Oca¹, Martha Delgado¹, Mellissa withers¹ and Leanna Wise², ¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, ²LAGMC/Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: As systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often affects women of child-bearing age, understanding how this population makes reproductive health decisions is critical for well-rounded healthcare.…
Abstract Number: 0373 • ACR Convergence 2025
Implementation of a Lupus Self-Management mHealth App: Using Incentives to Drive Engagement
Melissa French¹, Katherine Carpenter², Eric Johnson², Melicent Miller² and Mary Crimmings², ¹Lupus Foundation of America, Alexandria, VA, ²Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: As part of a five-year cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) has implemented the…
Abstract Number: 2192 • ACR Convergence 2025
Survey of Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Management of Uncontrolled Gout
Shilpa Sharan¹, Clare Sonntag², Beth Miller¹, Kaitlyn Mayer¹ and Nissreen Elfadawy³, ¹The HWP Group, Upper Saddle River, NJ, ²The HWP Group, Upper Saddle River, ³University Hospitals, Geauga Medical Center, Chardon, OH
Background/Purpose: Although uncontrolled gout (UG) is an inflammatory arthritis triggered by crystallization of monosodium urate within joints following hyperuricemia, increasing evidence supports its classification as…
Abstract Number: 0371 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lifestyle Coaching in Psoriatic Arthritis: Pilot Findings from an Online eCoaching Program
Judy Zhang¹, Leonard Calabrese², Shilpa Venkatachalam³, angela Degrassi⁴, Yuxuan Jin² and M. Elaine Husni⁵, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁵Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: As healthcare shifts towards patient-centered care, multifactorial lifestyle interventions, though effective, often impose time and resource burdens on patients. An online program like IMMUNE…
Abstract Number: 1934 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analysis of the Determinants of Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Germany: A Mixed-Methods Approach Incorporating Health Insurance Data and Qualitative Interviews with Patients and Physicians
Maria Zacharopoulou¹, thomas Grüter², Heike van de Sand³, Romy Lauer⁴, Marianne Tokic⁵, Jale Basten⁵, Robin Denz⁵, Anastasia Suslow⁶, Andreas Stallmach⁷, Anika Franz⁷, Theresa Oganowski², Ina Otte⁶, Ingo Meyer³, Horst Christian Vollmar⁶, Nina Timmesfeld⁵, Ursula Marschall⁸, Joachim Saam⁸, Kerstin Hellwig² and Uta Kiltz⁹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ³PMV research group, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Cologne, Germany, ⁴Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁵Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ⁶Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine (AM RUB), Medical Faculty, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Jena, Germany, Jena, Germany, ⁸BARMER Institute for Health System Research, Department Medicine and Health Services Research, Wuppertal, Germany, Wuppertal, Germany, ⁹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Adequate immunization is essential for patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMD). Autoimmunity itself and immunotherapy increase the risk of infection independent of…
Abstract Number: 0152 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exploring internet use and health information behaviour in patients with inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMD)
Ioana Andreica¹, Sulafa Chikh Mohamad², Dieter Wiek³, Birgit Barten³, Iulia Roman⁴, Anja Kremser⁵, David Kiefer⁶, Philipp Sewerin¹, Uta Kiltz⁷ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁷, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Deutsche Rheuma Liga, Germany, Bonn, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Private practice of rheumatology, Hattingen, Germany, Herne, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Digital health literacy has recently become a focus of patient-centred recommendations, not only as a key social determinant of health, but also as a…
Abstract Number: 0165 • ACR Convergence 2024
Exploring Changes in Daily Behaviors with Changes in Physical Function over 24 Weeks in Adults with Knee OA
Thomas Videtich Bye¹, Isabella Granetzke¹, Sydney Liles², Jennifer Copson³, Laura Schmitt¹, Jason Jakiela⁴ and Daniel White¹, ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ²University of Delaware, Elkton, MD, ³University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, ⁴Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of pain that often leads to limitations in physical function, e.g., difficulty walking or climbing stairs, in…
Abstract Number: 1723 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clustering Analysis with Unsupervised Machine Learning Process to Phenotype the Cardiovascular Risk of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Beyond the 10-year Prediction Algorithm
Fabio Cacciapaglia¹, Vincenzo Venerito², Gian Luca Erre³, Matteo Piga⁴, Andreina Manfredi⁵, Garifallia Sakellariou⁶, Ombretta Viapiana⁷, Elisa Gremese⁸, Elena Bartoloni Bocci⁹, Francesca Romana Spinelli¹⁰ and Fabiola Atzeni¹¹, and "Cardiovascular Obesity and Rheumatic DISeases" Study Group of the Italian Society of Rheumatology, ¹Rheumatology Unit DiMePRe-J, University and AOU Policlinico of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, DiMePRe-J University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit - University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit - University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ⁵University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy, University of Pavia, and Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia,, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁸Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Unit. Department of Medicine, Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ¹⁰Sapienza University of Rome, Rome - Italy, Roma, Rome, Italy, ¹¹University of Messina, Italy, Messina, Italy
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at increased cardiovascular (CV) risk, but traditional CV risk factors and available 10-year CV risk estimation models may not…
Abstract Number: 0273 • ACR Convergence 2024
Barriers and Facilitators for Outpatient Follow-Up After an Acute Gout Flare: A Qualitative Research Study
Elizabeth Lopez¹, Lesley Jackson², Kenneth Saag³ and Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Montgomery, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Many people with gout utilize the emergency department (ED) for acute gout care, but many do not receive subsequent adequate outpatient care for long-term…
Abstract Number: 1913 • ACR Convergence 2024
Health Literacy and Disease, Clinical, Functional and Management Outcomes in Inflammatory Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review
Mrinalini Dey¹, Shyam Budhathoki², Sofia Ramiro³, Kaleb Michaud⁴, Helen Elwell⁵, Sam Norton⁶, Maya H. Buch⁷, Andrew Cope¹, Richard Osborne⁸, James Galloway⁹ and Elena Nikiphorou¹, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵British Medical Association, London, United Kingdom, ⁶King's College London, London, England, United Kingdom, ⁷Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, University of Manchester, and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne, Australia, ⁹Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Health literacy (HL) is a key social determinant of health in inflammatory arthritis (IA), including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis, as it…
Abstract Number: 0354 • ACR Convergence 2024
Factors Associated with Health Information Technology Use Among United States Adults with Arthritis from 2012-2017: Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey
Sarah Lieber¹, Jerad Moxley², M. Carrington Reid² and Sara Czaja², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Health information technology (HIT) use has been associated with numerous benefits including improvements in quality of care and patient safety. Factors associated with HIT…
Abstract Number: 1929 • ACR Convergence 2024
Use of Digital Health Tools for Health Promotion Among Individuals with Rheumatologic Diseases in the United States
Ufuoma Mamoh¹, Soziema Salia¹, Alejandro Jaller¹, Comfort anim-koranteng², Joshua Halliday³, Joseph Atarere⁴, Ted Akhiwu¹ and Indira Acharya¹, ¹Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Harlem Medical Center, Harlem, NY, ³Grreater Accra Regional Hospital, Accra, Ghana, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologic diseases (RDs) significantly impact the quality of life, cause significant socioeconomic burdens, and increase the risk of other systemic diseases including cardiovascular disease,…
Abstract Number: 0365 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patients’ Behaviors and Beliefs Around Dietary Changes Among a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Aaron Stubbs, Deeba Minhas, Anne Arewasikporn and Andrew Schrepf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Dietary interventions may help manage inflammation and are considered for adjunctive treatment of rheumatic diseases. Our study aimed to explore patients' behaviors and beliefs…
Abstract Number: 2014 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effect of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet in Patients with Gout: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Anna Kretova¹, Carlijn Wagenaar¹, Wendy Walrabenstein², Daisy Vedder², Dirkjan van Schaardenburg² and Martijn Gerritsen¹, ¹Reade Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: An unhealthy diet is an important modifiable risk factor for hyperuricemia and gout and is also associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS), known…

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