Abstracts tagged "health behaviors"

Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effectiveness of Electronic Drug Monitoring Feedback in Order to Increase Adherence in RA Patients Starting with a Biological DMARD
Renske Hebing¹, Wouter Bos¹, Mike Nurmohamed² and Bart van den Bemt³, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade and Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Medication non-adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with disease flares, increased disability and increased costs. Electronic Monitoring Feedback (EMF) to improve adherence has…
Abstract Number: 1126 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Mobile Mindfulness Meditation Program May Improve Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Rheumatic Disease, a Pilot Study
Dana DiRenzo¹, Carly Hunt², Erica Sibinga², Neda Gould², Ami Shah³, Susan Bartlett⁴ and Clifton Bingham III¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Background/Purpose: Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBIs) are well-established self-management programs shown to be beneficial for pain, depression, and anxiety that focus on learning how to respond…
Abstract Number: 1131 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient Perspective of Helpfulness of Lupus Medications: A Qualitative Study of Medication Use Within the Type 1 and 2 SLE Model
Mithu Maheswaranathan¹, Kevin McKenna², Amy Corneli², David Pisetsky³, Megan Clowse⁴ and Amanda Eudy¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, ³Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication management in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is particularly complex given the clinical heterogeneity of symptoms and a wide range of medications used. We…
Abstract Number: 1133 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient Perceptions of Diagnosis, Tests, Treatments, Adherence and the Impact on Their Disease Understanding and Participation in Research Studies
Viviana Marzaioli¹, Mary Canavan¹, Siobhan Wade², Alexander Fraser³, Sinead Harney⁴, Alex Donnelly⁵, Arthritis Ireland Charity⁶, Douglas Veale⁷ and Ursula Fearon¹, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³University College Limerick, Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁴University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, ⁵Patient Advocate Arthritis Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Arthritis Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory arthritis has been transformed largely by the development of drugs that target specific molecules of the immune system.…
Abstract Number: 0001 • ACR Convergence 2020
Management of Rheumatic Diseases During COVID-19: A National Veterans Affairs Survey of Rheumatologists
Jasvinder Singh¹, John Richards², Elizabeth Chang³, Amy Joseph⁴ and Bernard Ng⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ³PVAHCS, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Washington University / St. Louis VA, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵VA Puget Sound HCS, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: To assess the experience, views and opinions of rheumatology providers at Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities about rheumatic disease healthcare issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 1135 • ACR Convergence 2020
Barriers to Influenza Vaccination in Patients at a Tertiary Care Rheumatology Clinic
Audra Horomanski¹, Gabriela Triant¹, Kathleen Kolstad¹, Melissa Dymock² and Janice Lin¹, ¹Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²Department of Technology and Digital Solutions, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatologic conditions are at high risk of hospitalization, ICU admission, and death related to influenza infection due to their underlying diseases and…
Abstract Number: 0048 • ACR Convergence 2020
Determinants of Participation in Clinical Trials Among Patients with Lupus in the United States
Onengiya Harry¹, Carl Langefeld², Miranda Marion³, Trent Younts³, Lori Crosby⁴, Mara Vitolins³ and Avani Modi⁴, ¹Wake Forest School of Medicine, Clemmons, NC, ²Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ³Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Background/Purpose: Patient and family participation in research is critical to improving health outcomes, and identifying factors that contribute to participation or lack of participation in…
Abstract Number: 1140 • ACR Convergence 2020
How Did SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in Latin America? A Regional Survey from PANLAR
Daniel Fernández-Ávila¹, Julián Barahona-Correa¹, Diana Romero-Alvernia¹, Sergio Kowalski², Ana María Sapag Durán³, Antonio Cachafeiro Vilar⁴, Belia Lucía Meléndez Muñoz⁵, Carlos Santiago Pastelín⁶, Claudia Ramírez⁷, Daniel Palleiro Rivero⁸, Diego Alejandro Jaimes⁹, Dina María Arrieta¹⁰, Guillermo Pons-Estel¹¹, Jossiell Then Báez¹², Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹³, Mario Cardiel¹⁴, Nelly Colman¹⁵, Nilmo Chávez Pérez¹⁶, Paula Burgos¹⁷, Rubén Montufar¹⁸, Sayonara Sandino¹⁹, Yurilis Fuentes-Silva²⁰ and Enrique Soriano²¹, ¹Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogota, Colombia, ²Unidad de Investigación PANLAR. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brazil, ³Hospital Universitario Japonés, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, ⁴Pacífica Salud - Hospital Punta Pacífica,, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama, ⁵Hospital de la Policía Nacional N1 Quito, Quito, Ecuador, ⁶Instituto Hondureño de la Seguridad Social, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ⁷Organización Keralty, Bogota, ⁸Instituto Nacional de Reumatología del Uruguay - Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁹Clínicos IPS- Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ¹⁰Hospital México, San José de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, ¹¹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ¹²Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS), Santiago, Dominican Republic, ¹³Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen and Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ¹⁴Centro de Investigación Clínica de Morelia, Morelia, Mexico, ¹⁵Hospital de Clínicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay, ¹⁶Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, ¹⁷Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ¹⁸Consultorio de Especialidades del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Salvador, El Salvador, ¹⁹Policlínica Nicaragüense, Managua, Nicaragua, ²⁰Centro Clínico Universitario de Oriente - Universidad de Oriente, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, ²¹Department of Public Health, Instituto Universitario, Escuela de Medicina Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Social isolation during SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has undermined follow-up of patients with rheumatic diseases. These patients face a critical dilemma between the risk of exposure…
Abstract Number: 0059 • ACR Convergence 2020
EHR-Supported Staff Protocol Improves Smoking Cessation in a Diverse Rheumatology Clinic: Results of Quit Connect Dissemination Project
Jennifer Brandt¹, S. Sam Lim¹, Edmond Ramly², Monica Messina³ and Christie Bartels⁴, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health;, Madison, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a key risk factor for rheumatologic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus that disproportionately impacts disadvantaged patients and predicts worse outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 1144 • ACR Convergence 2020
Concerns and Behaviors of Patients with Common Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases in the United States Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Michael George¹, Shilpa Venkatachalam², Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Joshua Baker¹, Peter Merkel¹, David Curtis³, Kelly Gavigan⁴, Maria (Maio) Danila⁵, Jeffrey R Curtis⁶ and William Nowell⁷, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, ⁶Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases may be particularly concerned about COVID-19. We aimed to assess concerns and associated health behaviors of patients with autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0138 • ACR Convergence 2020
Alignment and Discordances in Treatment Perceptions and Shared Decision-Making Among RA Patients and Rheumatology Care Teams
Robert Levin¹, Christopher Parker², Kostas Botsoglou³, Jigar Shah⁴, Nimesh Dayal⁵, Kristina Fajardo⁶, Laura Simone⁶, Jeff Carter⁶ and Tamar Sapir⁶, ¹University of South Florida, Clearwater, FL, ²Austin Diagnostic Clinic, Austin, TX, ³Rheumatology Center WNY, Buffalo, NY, ⁴Arthritis and Rheumatology Center of South Florida, Margate, FL, ⁵Arthritis Center of Orlando, Ocoee, FL, ⁶PRIME Education, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Background/Purpose: Evidence-based guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) call for shared decision-making (SMD) as a method to personalize treatment decisions and achieve treat-to-target goals. We assessed alignment…
Abstract Number: 1281 • ACR Convergence 2020
Opioid-Related Encounters as a Predictor of 30-Day Readmissions in Lupus
Christie Bartels¹, Maria Schletzbaum², Yi Chen³ and Amy Kind⁴, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Health Services and Care Research Program, Geriatrics Division, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: One in four Medicare hospitalizations with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) results in readmission within 30 days, with “injuries and poisonings” as the second most…
Abstract Number: 0151 • ACR Convergence 2020
More Than Half of Newly Diagnosed RA Patients Are Not Convinced of the Necessity of RA Medicines: Associations with RA Characteristics, Symptoms, and Function in the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)
Viviane Ta¹, Orit Schieir², Marie-France Valois³, Diane Tin⁴, Carol Hitchon⁵, Louis Bessette⁶, Carter Thorne⁴, Janet Pope⁷, Gilles Boire⁸, Edward Keystone⁹, Vivian Bykerk¹⁰, Susan Bartlett³ and Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Investigators¹¹, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montreal, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁴Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶Laval University, Quebec, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁸Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁹The Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Study, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although DMARDs are essential for early aggressive control of RA to reduce symptoms and disability, medication adherence is variable. Beliefs about the necessity of…
Abstract Number: 1301 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characterizing How SLE Patients Access Health Information Pre and During COVID-19
Francesca Cardwell¹, Susan Elliott², May Choi³, Ricky Chin⁴ and Ann Clarke⁵, ¹University of Waterloo, Burlington, ON, Canada, ²University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Background/Purpose: The spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 has been especially acute for SLE patients as unsubstantiated claims regarding the efficacy of antimalarials for COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 125 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Feasibility and Pilot Study of Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Myositis
Kaveh Ardalan¹, Alison Manning ¹, Brian Feldman ², Gary Maslow ¹ and Andrea Knight ³, ¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ³SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile myositis (JM) negatively affects health-related quality of life due to chronic weakness, skin/muscle damage, multiorgan dysfunction, and side effects of immunosuppression. While JM’s…

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