Abstracts tagged "health behaviors"

Abstract Number: 1403 • ACR Convergence 2025
Treatment of sleep apnoea syndrome in patients with primary Sjögren’s disease improves symptoms and activity of disease
Anna Kuhn¹, Magdalena Seng², Björn Christian Frye³, Sebastian Fähndrich³, Lydia Vollmer³, Jacques-eric GOTTENBERG⁴, Florian Kollert⁵, Reinhard Voll⁶ and Stephanie Finzel⁷, ¹¹University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany, Freiburg, Germany, ²¹University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany; ²University Medical Center, Department of Radiology and Nuclear medicine, Basel, Switzerland, Freiburg, Germany, ³³University Medical Center, Department of Pulmonology, Freiburg, Germany, Freiburg, Germany, ⁴Hautepierre Hospital, STRASBOURG, Alsace, France, ⁵¹University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern; Switzerland Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: About 70% of patients with primary Sjögren's disease (pSjD) suffer from fatigue. Fatigue is associated with functional deficits(1), leading to anxiety, depression and reduced…
Abstract Number: 1470 • ACR Convergence 2025
Why Do Some Lupus Patients Skip Their Mycophenolate Mofetil? A Multi-Factorial Assessment of Patient Compliance
Nidaa Bukhari¹, Ali Rizvi¹, Jian sun¹, Zerai Manna², Paul Schaughency³, Suraj Rajasimhan⁴ and Sarfaraz Hasni¹, ¹National Institutes of Health, BETHESDA, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Columbia, MD
Background/Purpose: Nonadherence to medication is a significant confounder in assessing treatment efficacy for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with rates reported up to 75% depending on…
Abstract Number: 1487 • ACR Convergence 2025
Whole Health Empowerment for Endotypes of Lupus (WHEEL) Program: User Testing Findings on Feasibility, Acceptability, and Opportunities for Intervention Refinement
Jennifer Rogers¹, Amanda Eudy², Connor Drake³, Tamara Somers⁴, David Pisetsky⁵, Christie Clipper⁶, Ralph Snyderman⁷, Anna Batsakes⁶, Leigh Saner⁶, Dana Burshell³, Mithu Maheswaranathan⁴, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁴, Rebecca Sadun⁸, Nathaniel Harris⁵, Kai Sun⁸, Kelsey Dunn⁶, Jenny Herndon⁶, Vonne Jacobs⁶ and Megan Clowse⁹, ¹Duke, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶Duke University, Durham, ⁷Duke Center for Personalized Health Care, Durham, NC, ⁸Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁹Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: To improve quality of life (QoL) in individuals with SLE, we developed the Whole Health Empowerment for Endotypes of Lupus (WHEEL) program—a 4-month, biweekly,…
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: 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: 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: 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: 1239 • ACR Convergence 2024
Innovative Patient Empowerment: Evaluating the Effect of a Physician-created Educational Video and To-do Lists on Promoting Preventive Health Measures in Rheumatic Disease Patients
Vanessa Bartsch¹, Basel Habboub², Kathrin Standfest¹, Johannes Knitza³, Georg Schett⁴ and Axel Hueber², ¹Division Rheumatology, Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany, ²Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany, ³Institute for Digital Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) are at higher risk for malignancies and infections. Effective management strategies for these comorbidities are urgently needed. We…
Abstract Number: 1256 • ACR Convergence 2024
Higher Disease Activity in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Is Associated with a Greater Desire for Social Health Education: An Unmet Need in Pediatric Rheumatology
Kaitlin Kirkpatrick, Melodee Liegl, Ke Yan and Sara Sabbagh, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: There is limited evidence on the educational needs and preferences of caregivers and adolescents and young adults (AYA) with rheumatic disease (RD) regarding the…
Abstract Number: 1323 • ACR Convergence 2024
Drug Abuse Screening in Patients Who Fulfill the 2016 Fibromyalgia Criteria
Laura Aline Martinez-Martinez¹, Angelica Beltran-Barajas², Mayra Nadia Quintanar-Cuevas³, David Vera Bustamante⁴, Itzel Palafox Sosa⁵, Karyme Zazil Velazquez-Zarza⁶, Salvador Zuñiga-Roman⁶ and Luz Angelica Viruel-Mejia⁷, ¹Rheumatology Department - National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ²Mental health outpatient clinic of the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, ³Mental health outpatient clinic of the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, México, Mexico, ⁴Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico, ⁵Escuela Superior de Medicina-Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁶Mental health outpatient clinic of the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁷Rheumatology Departement at National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez - Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The clinical association of fibromyalgia with symptoms of anxiety and depression is well recognized [Uçar M, et al. J Int Med Res 2015;43(5):679-85]. Emotional…
Abstract Number: 0124 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sexual Health Challenges in Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Exploring Prevalence and Clinical Correlates
Jonathan Campos-Guzmán¹, María Espinosa-León², Iris Paola García Herrera¹, Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza³, Mariel Martínez-Ruiz¹, Ana Barrera-Vargas⁴, Guillermo Guaracha Basañez⁵ and javier Merayo Chalico⁶, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Federal District, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirón", Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, CDMX, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic thromboinflammatory disease with various forms of presentation. There is limited information on sexual function in patients with APS,…
Abstract Number: 1676 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changing Patients’ Mindsets About Non-Severe Side Effects of Methotrexate: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Rachael Yielder¹, Kari Leibowitz², Alia Crum², Paul Manley³, Nicola Dalbeth¹ and Keith Petrie⁴, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Although methotrexate (MTX) is a first-line treatment for inflammatory rheumatic diseases, side effects can lead to poor adherence and persistence. A novel intervention involves…
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…

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