Abstracts tagged "Health Care"

Abstract Number: 0736 • ACR Convergence 2022
Educational Needs Among Health Professionals in Rheumatology: Low Awareness of EULAR Offerings and Unfamiliarity with Course Content as a Major Barrier – a EULAR Funded European Survey
Lisa Sperl¹, Tanja Stamm², Margaret Renn Andrews¹, Mathilda Bjork³, Carina Boström⁴, Jeannette Cappon⁴, Jenny de la Torre⁵, Annette de Thurah⁶, Andrea Domján⁷, Razvan Dragoi⁸, Fernando Estévez-López⁹, Ricardo Ferreira¹⁰, George E. Fragoulis¹¹, Jolanta Grygielska¹², Katti Kõrve¹³, Marja Leena Kukkurainen¹⁴, Christel Madelaine-Bonjour¹⁵, Andréa Marques¹⁶, Jorit Meesters¹⁷, Rikke Moe¹⁸, Ellen Moholt¹⁹, Erika Mosor², Claudia Naimer-Stach²⁰, Mwidimi Ndosi²¹, Polina Pchelnikova²², Jette Primdahl²³, Polina Putrik²⁴, Anne-Kathrin Rausch-Osthoff²⁵, Hana Smucrova²⁶, Marco Testa²⁷, Leti van Bodegom²⁸, Wilfred Peter²⁹, Heidi A. Zangi³⁰, Olena Zimba³¹, Thea Vliet Vlieland³² and Valentin Ritschl¹, ¹Medical University of Vienna, CeMSIIS - Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Section for Outcomes Research, Vienna, Austria, ²Medical University of Vienna, CeMSIIS - Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Section for Outcomes Research, Wien, Austria, ³Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ⁴Department of Neurobiology, care sciences and society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Alicante General and University Hospital, Alicante, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁸Department of Balneology, Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Research Center for the Assessment of Human Motion, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, ⁹Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰Rheumatology department – Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹¹Joint Rheumatology Programme, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ¹²Department of Polish Rheuma Federation "REF" - member of EULAR PARE, Warsaw, Poland, ¹³Center of Rheumatology, East Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ¹⁴Department of the Finnish Society of Rheumatology Nurses, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁵Department of Department of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, ¹⁶RN at Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitaler e Universitário de Coimbra Professor at Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹⁷Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁸National Advisory Unit on Rehabilitation in Rheumatology (NKRR) Division of Rheumatology and Research Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²⁰BG/BRG Wolkersdorf, Wolkersdorf, Austria, ²¹School of Health and Social Welbeing, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²²Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), EULAR, Zürich, Switzerland, ²³Department of Regional Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark and Danish Hospital for Rheumatic diseases, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, MUMC, CAHPRI, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²⁵Department of Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Institute for Physiotherapy, Winterthur, Switzerland, ²⁶Center of Medical Rehabilitation, Institute of Rheumatology, Praha, Czech Republic, ²⁷Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Genoa, Italy, ²⁸Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²⁹Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and Faculty of Health, VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway, ³¹Department of Internal Medicine N2, Danylo Halytsky Lviv Neurobiology National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine, ³²Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Health professionals in rheumatology (HPRs) should participate in post-graduate or continuous education to update and advance their knowledge and skills. This can improve patient…
Abstract Number: 2006 • ACR Convergence 2022
Healthcare Resource Utilization and Economic Burden of Patients with Adequate and Inadequate Responses to Advanced Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Japan
Kei Ikeda¹, Yuko Kaneko², Jayeshkumar Patel³, Toru Yamazaki⁴, Siran Fang³, Tsujita Yuki⁴ and Yutaka Kawahito⁵, ¹Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, ²Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie GK, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Substantial numbers of patients with RA receiving advanced therapies including biologics, biosimilars, and Janus kinase inhibitors do not achieve ACR50 responses and lack of…
Abstract Number: 0749 • ACR Convergence 2022
Virtual Care in Rheumatology Ambulatory Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patient/Family and Healthcare Provider Perspectives and Experiences
Whitney Hung, Carina Majaesic, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Aisha Bruce and Elaine Yacyshyn, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: With the expansion of virtual care during COVID-19, a cross-sectional study was designed to explore the experiences of adult patients and their families (PFs),…
Abstract Number: 2022 • ACR Convergence 2022
Outcome of Pregnancy in Women with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Compared to the General Population: The French Multicenter Prospective GR2 Study
Gregoire Martin de Fremont¹, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau², Rakiba Belkhir³, Gaelle Guettrot-Imbert⁴, Nathalie Morel⁴, Gaetane Nocturne⁵, Anna Molto⁶, Tiphaine Goulenok⁷, Elisabeth Diot⁸, Estibaliz Lazaro⁹, Laurent Perard¹⁰, Nicole Ferreira¹¹, Maelle Le Besnerais¹², Nicolas Limal⁷, Nihal Martis¹³, Noémie Abisror¹⁴, Odile Debouverie¹⁵, Christophe Richez¹⁶, Vincent Sobanski¹⁷, Francois Maurier¹⁸, Gaetan Sauvetre¹², Herve Levesque¹², Marie Agnes Timsit¹⁹, Nathalie Tieule¹³, Pauline Orquevaux²⁰, GEFA Collaborative group²¹, Matthieu Mahevas²², Celine Lartigau Roussin²³, Elodie Chauvet²⁴, Emilie Berthoux²⁵, Francoise Sarrot Reynauld²⁶, Loic Raffray²⁷, Marion Couderc²⁸, Nicolas Martin Silva²⁹, Noemie Jourde Chiche³⁰, Nicolas Belhomme³¹, Thierry Thomas³², Vincent Poindron³³, Viviane Queyrel¹³, Juliette Delforge³⁴, Camille Le Ray³⁵, Emmanuelle Pannier³⁵, Xavier Mariette³⁶, Veronique Le Guern⁴ and Raphaèle Seror³⁷, ¹Rheumatology department, Kremlin Bicêtre hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ²Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology departement, Bicêtre, Paris-Saclay university, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ⁴Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵APHP, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁷APHP, Paris, France, ⁸CHU Tours, Tours, France, ⁹Bordeaux Hospital University, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁰CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹¹department of Internal Medecine, CHU de Tours, Tours, France, ¹²CHU Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹³CHU Nice, Nice, France, ¹⁴Hopital Saint Antoine, Paris, France, ¹⁵CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ¹⁶Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁷Université de Lille, Lille, France, ¹⁸Hôpitaux privés de Metz, Metz, France, ¹⁹CHU Brest, Brest, France, ²⁰CHU Reims, Reims, France, ²¹Saint Joseph Hospital, Marseille, France, ²²CHU Mondor, Creteil, France, ²³CH La Réunion, CH la Réunion, France, ²⁴CH Cabestany, Cabestany, France, ²⁵CH Saint Joseph Saint Luc, Lyon, France, ²⁶CHU Grenoble, CHU Grenoble, France, ²⁷CH St Denis Reunion, Saint Denis Reunion, France, ²⁸University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ²⁹CHU Caen, Caen, France, ³⁰APHM, Marseille, France, ³¹CHU Rennes, Rennes, France, ³²CHU Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France, ³³Immunologie clinique et médecine interne, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³⁴Jean Verfier, Bobigny, France, ³⁵Port Royal, Paris, France, ³⁶Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ³⁷University Hospital Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
Background/Purpose: In the context of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), only a few retrospective studies using heterogeneous methods have investigated the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0751 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accessing Telehealth and In-Person Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Smruthi Ramachandran¹, Jenny Leese², Stephanie Therrien³, Catherine L. Backman¹, Jasmin Ma⁴, Kelly English⁵, Eileen Davidson⁶, Shanon McQuitty⁷, Alison Hoens⁵, Cheryl Koehn⁸, James Gavin⁹, jo Adams⁹ and Linda Li¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada/University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ⁷Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁸Arthritis Consumer Experts, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has provided opportunity to increase integration of virtual healthcare with in-person medical practices. Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) continue to self-manage…
Abstract Number: 2158 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Decade of Caring for SSc Patients: Do Outcomes Improve? Data from the Leiden CCISS Cohort
Sophie Liem¹, Saad Ahmed², Jacopo Ciaffi³, Liesbeth Beaart-van de Voorde⁴, Anne Schouffoer⁵, J Geelhoed⁶, Nina Ajmone Marsan⁷, Tom Huizinga⁸ and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁸, ¹LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna/Leiden University Medical Center, Bologna, Italy, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center/Haga Teaching Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Pulmonology, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Combined Care in Systemic Sclerosis (CCISS) is a prospective cohort of patients referred to Leiden University Medical Center for Raynaud's Phenomenon (RP), a suspicion…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reevaluating Clinical Outcomes of Patients on Combination Biologics
Ryan Mathew¹, Alexa Meara², ChienWei Chiang³, Komal Paradakar³, Ambra Burrell³ and Gabriel Kirsch³, ¹The Ohio State University Medical Center, Skokie, IL, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Biologic treatments such as monoclonal antibodies have become first line treatment for many autoimmune diseases and now monoclonal antibodies are being used to treated…
Abstract Number: 0777 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immune Checkpoint Inhibition and Preexisting Autoimmune Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Arjun Raghavan¹, Liam O'Neil¹, Carrie Ye² and Jeffrey Graham¹, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer. Patients with pre-existing autoimmune diseases (AID) were largely excluded from…
Abstract Number: 0791 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunogenicity and Safety of a Three-dose SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Strategy in Patients with Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases on Immunosuppressive Therapy
Ingrid Jyssum¹, Anne Therese Tveter¹, Joe Sexton¹, Ingrid Egeland Christensen¹, Siri Mjaaland², David Warren³, Tore K. kvien¹, Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke⁴, Grete Birkeland Kro³, Jørgen Jahnsen⁴, Ludvig A. Munthe³, Espen Haavardsholm¹, Gunnveig Grødeland³, Sella Aarrestad Provan¹, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen⁴, Guro Goll¹ and Silje Watterdal Syversen¹, ¹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, OSLO, Norway, ²Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Humoral vaccine responses to SARS-Cov-2 vaccines are impaired and short lasting in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). Concerns have been raised regarding their…
Abstract Number: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2021
Family Planning while Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shannan O'Hara-Levi, Monroe, NY
Background/Purpose: Over the course of my 30+ years living with Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, I have never had long term success on any one biologic treatment,…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vaccination of Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: An Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in a Prospective Cohort
Ioana Andreica, Iulia Roman, Xenofon Baraliakos, Juergen Braun and Uta Kiltz, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts.) with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD) are often not adequately protected against infectious diseases. As shown in an earlier study, less than…
Abstract Number: 0139 • ACR Convergence 2021
Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis by Primary Care Physicians and Rheumatologists in an Academic Health System: A Retrospective Study
Alexis Ogdie-Beatty¹, Marina Magrey², Robert Fitzsimmons¹, Shahrzad Abdollahi¹, Ana Biljan³, Christopher Saffore⁴ and Jessica Walsh⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA, Richfield, OH, ³Abbvie Inc., Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ⁵Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: While recommendations for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are largely aligned across various guidelines,1,2 there remains variability in the treatment. Patients with inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 0256 • ACR Convergence 2021
Consensus Approach to a Treat to Target Strategy in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Care: Report from the 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network Consensus Conference
Tala El Tal¹, Meghan Ryan², Brian Feldman³, Catherine Bingham⁴, Jon Burnham⁵, Michelle Batthish⁶, Danielle Bullock⁷, Kerry Ferraro⁸, Mileka Gilbert⁹, Beth Gottlieb¹⁰, Julia Harris¹¹, Melissa Hazen¹², Ronald Laxer¹³, Tzielan Lee¹⁴, Daniel Lovell¹⁵, Melissa Mannion¹⁶, Laura Noonan¹⁷, Edward Oberle¹⁸, Anne Paul¹⁹, Janalee Taylor²⁰, Jennifer Weiss²¹, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner²² and Esi Morgan²³, ¹University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Minnesota, Vadnais Heights, MN, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Penn State Children's Hospital, Allentown, PA, ⁵Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network, Cincinnati, OH, ⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁰Cohen Children's Medical Center, Lake Success, NY, ¹¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ¹²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹³SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁵Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁷Levine Children's Hospital/Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁸Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ¹⁹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Cincinnati, OH, ²⁰Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²²Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Treat to target (T2T) is a strategy of adjusting treatment until a therapeutic target is reached. There is growing evidence supporting the use and…
Abstract Number: 0359 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient Journey with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Critical Issues from the Patient Perspective. Results from the European Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (EMAS)
Marco Garrido-Cumbrera¹, Denis Poddubnyy², Christine Bundy³, Laura Christen⁴, Raj Mahapatra⁵, Souzi Makri⁶, Carlos Jesús Delgado-Domínguez⁷, Sergio Sanz-Gomez⁷, Pedro Plazuelo-Ramos⁸ and Victoria Navarro-Compán⁹, ¹Health & Territory Research (HTR), University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ³Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Axial Spondyloarthritis International Federation (ASIF), London, United Kingdom, ⁶Cyprus League Against Rheumatism (CYPLAR), Limassol, Cyprus, ⁷Health & Territory Research (HTR), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, ⁸Spanish Federation of Spondyloarthritis Associations (CEADE), Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The journey of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) for most patients is slow and arduous. The goal of this analysis is to assess the journey to…
Abstract Number: 0494 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Distribution of Social Deprivation, Distance to Care and Disease Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in the United States
Sharon Dowell¹, Huifeng Yun², Jeffrey Curtis³, Lang Chen⁴, Manuela Pedra-Nobre⁵, Dianne Wollaston⁶, SAWSAN NAJMEY⁷, Cynthia Lawrence-Elliott⁸, Theresa Lawrence-Ford⁹, Heather North¹⁰, Robin Dore¹¹, Soha Dolatabadi¹², Thaila Ramanujam¹³, Anne Winkler¹⁴, Stacy Kennedy¹⁵, Stephanie Ott¹⁶, Stephanie Ledbetter¹⁷, Grace Wright¹⁸ and Gail Kerr¹⁹, ¹Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁵North Jersey Rheum. Center, Westfield, NJ, ⁶Memorial Advanced Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁷Midstate Rheumatology Center, PA, Freehold, NJ, ⁸North Georgia Rheum Group, Atlanta, GA, ⁹North Georgia Rheum Group, Atlanta, MD, ¹⁰Pardee UNC, Hendersonville, NC, ¹¹Robin K. Dore, MD Inc, Tustin, CA, ¹²Soha Dolatabadi, MD, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Santa Cruz Rheumatology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, ¹⁴Winkler Medical Practice, Springfield, MO, ¹⁵Rowan Diagnostic Clinic, Concord, NC, ¹⁶Fairfield Medical Center, Carroll, OH, ¹⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁸Grace C Wright MD PC, and Association of Women in Rheumatology, New York, NY, ¹⁹Washington D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: The overall success of RA therapy is dependent on access to specialty care, insurance coverage and effective management of associated comorbidities. Whether RA disease…

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