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  • Abstract Number: 1287 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Are the American College of Rheumatology’s Web-Based Patient Education Materials Easy for Patients to Read and Comprehend?

    Ugochukwu C Nweke1, Sobia Hassan2, Usama Ahmad3 and Meenakshi Jolly4, 1Rush University,Graduate College, Chicago, IL, 2Rush University Medical Center, Chicago,IL, Chicago, IL, 3Rush Univesity Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 4Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: Patient education materials (PEMs), obtainable from online resources, can be accessed by patients and physicians and used to supplement the medical information provided by…
  • Abstract Number: 0078 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis by Primary Care Physicians and Rheumatologists: A Retrospective Study in Three Health Systems

    Alexis Ogdie1, Marina Magrey2, Robert Fitzsimmons3, Shahrzad Abdollahi4, Wai Chung Yong5, Yasir Tarabichi6, Ana Biljan7, Christopher D. Saffore7, Kristin Tacelosky7 and Jessica Walsh8, 1Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH, 3Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4Division of Rheumatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 5Division of Rheumatology, The MetroHealth System Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 6Department of Clinical Informatics Research and Education, The MetroHealth System Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 7AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, 8University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background/Purpose: Most patients with undiagnosed ankylosing spondylitis (AS) seek care for back pain from primary care providers (PCPs), and treatment strategies adopted by PCPs may…
  • Abstract Number: 1300 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Impact of Demographics and Health Literacy on Transition Readiness for Adolescents with Rheumatic Disease

    Maryem Al Manaa1, Chan-hee Jo2, Una Makris3, Nicole Bitencourt4, Tracey Wright5 and Lorien Nassi6, 1UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 2Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, 3UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, 4Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA, 5UT Southwestern, Plano, TX, 6University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX

    Background/Purpose: The transition to adult care for adolescents with rheumatic disease is a vulnerable period for many and can be associated with adverse outcomes. Adolescents…
  • Abstract Number: 0088 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Challenges in the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis in Latin America: A Systematic Review

    Andre Ribeiro1, Larissa Dullius2, Andre Azeredo2, Laura Coates3, Odirlei Monticielo2, Charles Kohem2, Penelope Palominos2 and Natalia Sartori1, 1Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 3Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: In 2020, the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) recommendations for management of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were published. It aimed to adapt GRAPPA…
  • Abstract Number: 1372 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Telemedicine Use in the Assessment of Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis: A Survey of Caregivers and Patients

    Stacey Tarvin1, Y. Ingrid Goh2, Nicole Taylor3, Bianca Lang4, Marietta De Guzman5, Julie Fuller6, Kristin Houghton7, Susan Kim8, Vanessa Carbone9, Kathryn Cook10, Tanya Slater9, Angela Robinson11, Liza McCann12, Charalampia Papadopoulou13, Clarissa Pilkington14, Phoebe Rushe15 and Peter Blier16, 1Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, 2Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 4Dalhousie University - Halifax, Halifax, NS, Canada, 5Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, 6UT Southwestern, Frisco, TX, 7University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 8UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 9The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 10Akron Children's Hospital, Copley, OH, 11Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 12Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 13UCL Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Section Head Infection, Immunology, and Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom, 14Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 15Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 16Retired, Amherst, MA

    Background/Purpose: Care of patients with juvenile myositis (JM) involves complex assessments performed by highly trained specialists. Restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many patients…
  • Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2022

    COVID-19 and Autoimmune Rheumatic Patients: Behavioral Changes Adopted by Patients in the Midst of the Pandemic

    Dzifa Dey1, Bright Katso2, Saudatu Issaka2, Derrick Nyame3 and Patrick Adjei1, 1University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana, 2Rheumatology Unit Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 3Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

    Background/Purpose: Several changes following the COVID-19 pandemic have emerged globally regarding the delivery of healthcare services. Giving concerns that, patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease (AIRD)…
  • Abstract Number: 1409 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Impact of a Hybrid Medical Care Model in the Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Non-inferiority Crossover Randomized Study

    Guillermo Guaracha Basañez1, Irazu Contreras-Yáñez2, Vivian Estrada-González2, Lexli Pacheco-Santiago2, Salvador Valverde-Hernández2 and Virginia Pascual Ramos3, 1Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirn", Ciudad de México, Mexico, 2Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Mexico, 3Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Mexico

    Background/Purpose: Patients and physicians can naturally adopt hybrid healthcare models (HC), that combine face-to-face consultations (FFC) with telemedicine. The study's objective was to compare the…
  • Abstract Number: 0383 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Analysis of the Performance of an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for the Detection of Radiographic Sacroiliitis in an Independent Cohort of axSpA Patients Including Both Nr-axSpA and r-axSpA

    Fabian Proft1, Janis Vahldiek2, Joeri Nicolaes3, Rachel Tham4, Bengt Hoepken5, Baran Ufuktepe6, Denis Poddubnyy1 and Keno Kyrill Bressem2, 1Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3UCB Pharma, Anderlecht, Belgium, 4UCB Pharma, Slough, UK, Overland Park, KS, 5UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, 6UCB Pharma A.S., Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography of the sacroiliac joints is the first imaging method if axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is suspected. The presence of definite radiographic sacroiliitis is…
  • Abstract Number: 1774 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Performance of an Early Triage System for Identification of Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases

    Xenofon Baraliakos1, Imke Redeker2, Maria Zacharopoulou2, Styliani Tsiami3 and Juergen Braun4, 1Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, 2Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, 3Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, 4Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany

    Background/Purpose: The preselection of patients with suspicion of an inflammatory rheumatic disease is not easy for general practitioners and orthopedists. In countries with a limited…
  • Abstract Number: 0629 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Patient and Physician Satisfaction with Telemedicine Utilization for Delivery of Care in Patients with SLE – A Single Centre Experience

    Tanmayee Bichile1, Amanda Bembic2, Susan Manzi1 and Sonia Manocha1, 1Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Allgheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

    Background/Purpose: COVID 19 has forced the healthcare system to utilize telemedicine to provide dependable and timely care for patients with SLE. Telemedicine has been used…
  • Abstract Number: 0659 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Understanding the Rheumatologic Population We Serve Through Objective Analysis of Referrals and Diagnoses: Does Perception Match Actual Data?

    Kirsten Koons1, Jonida Cote2, Sanjeev Shrestha3, Melissa Band3, David Pugliese4 and Eric Newman3, 1Geisinger Medical Center, Lewisburg, PA, 2Geisinger Medical Center, Orefield, PA, 3Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 4Geisinger Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, PA

    Background/Purpose: Healthcare access in our Rheumatology Department is challenging. Fibromyalgia is perceived to occupy a large portion of clinic visits, leading to increased wait times…
  • Abstract Number: 0824 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Physicians’ Reasons for Prescribing Janus Kinase Inhibitors (JAKi) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Associated Alignment Between Physicians and Patients in a Real-world Clinical Setting

    Peter C Taylor1, Bruno Fautrel2, Yves Piette3, Susana Romero-Yuste4, Jasper Broen5, Martin Welcker6, Elizabeth Holdsworth7, Monia Zignani8, Katrien Van Beneden8, Roberto Caporali9 and Rieke Alten10, 1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, 3AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Bruges, Belgium, 4Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, 5Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, Netherlands, 6MVZ für Rheumatologie, Planegg, Germany, 7Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom, 8Galapagos, NV, Mechelen, Belgium, 9Policlinico S. Matteo University, Pavia, Italy, 10Schlosspark-Klinik University, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Shared decision making, a cornerstone of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management1, allows physicians and their patients to make informed decisions about their treatment goals and…
  • Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2021

    The Multidisciplinary Approach with Patient Collaboration Improve the Clinical Effectiveness of the Intervention

    Carlos González1, Luis Menchén-Viso1, Ofelia Baniandres-Rodriguez1, Carmen Lobo-Rodríguez1, Ana Herranz-Alonso1, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez1, Juan Carlos Nieto2, Lucia Ibares-Frias1, Indalecio Monteagudo1, Esther Chamorro de Vega1, Javier Torresano-Bruno1, Amparo Lopez-Esteban1, Arantza Ais-Larisgoitia1, Paloma Morales de los Ríos Luna1, ana Lopez-Calleja1, Sonia Garcia de San Jose3 and Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia3, 1CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, 2Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranón, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: We have developed a multidisciplinary unit for patients in treatment with biological therapies (BT) with the collaboration of Dermatology (Der), Gastroenterology (GE), Rheumatology (Rheu),…
  • Abstract Number: 1079 • ACR Convergence 2021

    A Multifaceted Approach to Increasing Enrollment and Activation of Pediatric Rheumatology Patient Portal Profiles

    Y. Ingrid Goh1, Ma'Anne Gawaran1, Neelam Walji-Jivraj1, Kristi Whitney2, Christine O'Brien1, Tala El Tal3, Shirley Tse2, Deborah Levy1, Brian Feldman1, Holly Convery1, Audrey Bell-Peter1, Michelle Anderson1, Lynn Spiegel1, Dilan Dissanayake1, Chelsea DeCoste1, Raphael Kraus1, Jayne MacMahon1, Jeanine McColl1, Alaa Shehab1, Paul Tsoukas4, Linda Hiraki1, Andrea Knight4, Elizaveta Limenis1, Rayfel Schneider1, Ruud Verstegen1, Rae Yeung1, Alexa Latourelle1, Leah Moscato1, Alisha Panjwani1 and Ronald Laxer2, 1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Patient portals provide patients and caregivers the opportunity to be more engaged in their healthcare, as it promotes autonomy and encourages patients and caregivers…
  • Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Improving Rheumatology Resource Utilization and Access to Specialty Care for Patients with Early Inflammatory Arthritis Through Enhanced Triage

    Kristina Roche1, John Hanly1, Jennifer MacKinnon2, Susan Parlee2, Trudy Taylor1, Volodko Bakowsky1, Cheri Gunn2, Nikolas Harris3 and Janet Roberts4, 1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, 3The Arthritis Society, Halifax, NS, Canada, 4Dalhousie University, Halifac, NS, Canada

    Background/Purpose: In many health care jurisdictions the demand for rheumatology consultation exceeds the capacity to provide timely access for all referrals. This has highlighted the…
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