Abstracts tagged "health disparities"

Abstract Number: 272 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ethnic Disparities in Lupus Nephritis Outcomes in the Inland Empire: Findings from the Southern California Lupus Registry
Kristal Choi¹, Arezoo Haghshenas², Abigail Benitez³, Lorena Salto¹, Karina Torralba⁴ and Vaneet K. Sandhu², ¹Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ³Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁴Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) serves Riverside and San Bernardino County, which are the two largest counties by geographic size in California and make…
Abstract Number: 274 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Socioeconomic Disparities in Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lei Zhu¹, Evelyn Talbott² and Larry W. Moreland¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Epidemiology, University of Pittsbugh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: To develop a methodology for well-defined rheumatoid arthritis (RA) measurement as an outcome and provide a clear definition of social determinants related to disease…
Abstract Number: 277 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcomes of Telemedicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Alaska Native Population
Elizabeth Ferucci¹, Tammy Choromanski¹, Gretchen Day² and Sarah Freeman³, ¹Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, ²Clinical and Research Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, ³Telehealth, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), access to a rheumatologist is associated with improved quality of care and outcomes. Telemedicine has been proposed as a solution…
Abstract Number: 1845 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Defining and Examining Retention in Care in an Urban Lupus Cohort
Umber Ahmad¹, Ian Chang², Marit Johnson³, Ann Rosenthal³, Amanda Perez⁴ and Christie M. Bartels⁴, ¹Consultant Care (CC111W) - Rheumatology/Medicine, Milwaukee VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) disproportionately impacts black patients and those of low socioeconomic status who experience higher rates of kidney disease and premature mortality.…
Abstract Number: 225 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Barriers to the Use of Methotrexate in Ethiopia: Survey of Pharmacy Providers
Carol A Hitchon¹, Yvon de Jong², Michele Meltzer³, Rosie Scuccimarri⁴, Birhanu D Desyibelew⁵, Addisu Melkie⁵, Yewondwossen Mengistu⁵ and Ines Colmegna^6,7, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network, Nairobi, Kenya, ³Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: African countries with a low Human Development Index (LHDI) based on life expectancy, education and income per capita, face competing social, economic, health and…
Abstract Number: 230 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Limited Health Literacy on Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Patricia P. Katz¹, Maria Dall'Era², Laura Trupin³, Cristina Lanata², Stephanie Rush⁴, Charles G. Helmick⁵, Lindsey A. Criswell⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: PROs play a prominent role in evaluating patient status in rheumatic diseases. PROs often reveal disparities in individuals with low education or income or…
Abstract Number: 634 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
International League of Associations for Rheumatology. Systematic Review of the Literature to Inform Treatment Recommendations for Psoriatic Arthritis in Resource-Poor Countries
Musaab Elmamoun¹, Maria Eraso², Laura C Coates³, Ajesh Maharaj⁴, Vinod Chandran⁵, Ahmed Abogamal⁶, Valderilio F Azevedo⁷, Wilson Bautista-Molano⁸, Alex G. Ortega⁹, Jorge Medina-Rosas^10,11, Fabian Hernandez^12,13, Adma Lima¹⁴, Uyi Ima-Edomwonyi¹⁵, Adeola Ajibade¹⁶, Tarun Narang¹⁷, Olusola Ayanlowo¹⁸, Claudia Goldenstein-Schainberg¹⁹, Roberto Ranza^{20,21,22,23,24,25}, Girish M Mody²⁶, Sueli Carneiro^27,28, Aman Sharma²⁹, Oscar Vega-Hinojosa³⁰, Luis E. Vega³¹, Adewale O Adebajo³² and Sergio Toloza³³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Tornoto, ON, Canada, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences,, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, ⁵Medicine, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁷Adjunct Professor of Rheumatology, Federal University of Paraná; Brazil, Curitiba, Brazil, ⁸School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada and Rheumatology Department Hospital Militar. Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, ⁹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, Colombia, ¹¹Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, ¹²Universidad del Cauca, Popayan, Colombia, ¹³Universidad de Caldas, Pereira, Colombia, ¹⁴Federação Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil, ¹⁵Internal Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere, Nigeria, ¹⁶Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Osun state, Nigeria., Osogbo, Nigeria, ¹⁷Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ¹⁸Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, ¹⁹Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²⁰on behalf of the BiobadaBrasil study group, Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Uberlandia, Brazil, ²¹Rua Otavio Rodrigues DaCunha, Uberlandia MG, Brazil, ²²Servicio de Reumatología, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, ²³Reumatologia, Reumatologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, ²⁴Matematica, Matematica, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, ²⁵Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Uberlandia MG, Brazil, ²⁶Dept of Rheumatology, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, ²⁷Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²⁸University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²⁹Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ³⁰Clínica Reumacenter,, Juliaca, Peru, ³¹Hospita Central Fuerza Aerea Perú, Lima, Peru, ³²University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ³³Rheumatology, Hospital San Juan Batista, Catamarca, Argentina, Catamarca, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous disease which makes management of PsA a challenge. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the Group for Research…
Abstract Number: 1093 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of the Outreach Model for Rheumatology Specialty Clinics to On-Reserve First Nations in Canada: System-Level and Individual Measures of Performance and Outcomes
Sujay Nagaraj¹, Claire Barber², Margaret Kargard³, Tyler White³ and Cheryl Barnabe⁴, ¹McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Siksika Health Services, Siksika, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) disproportionately affects Canada’s First Nations population. A Model of Care (MoC) consisting of rheumatology specialty services embedded in the primary care…
Abstract Number: 2922 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcomes of Lupus Nephritis in Vulnerable Populations
Christine Peschken¹, Rebecca Gole², Carol A Hitchon³, David Robinson³, Ada Man⁴, Annaliese Tisseverasinghe⁴ and Hani El-Gabalawy⁴, ¹Medicine & Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³Arthritis Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis is a known predictor of mortality; we have previously shown an increased frequency of nephritis in North American Indian (NAI) and Asian…
Abstract Number: 218 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Social Factors and Racial Disparities in Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes
Susan M. Goodman¹, Bella Y. Mehta², Meng Zhang³, Jackie Szymonifka⁴, Joseph T. Nguyen³, Yuo-Yu Lee³, Mark P. Figgie⁵, Michael L. Parks⁵, Shirin A. Dey⁴, Daisy B. Crego⁴, Linda A. Russell⁶, Lisa A. Mandl⁷ and Anne R. Bass⁶, ¹Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine/Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, ³Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Socioeconomic factors such as poverty may mediate racial disparities in health outcomes including those of total hip arthroplasty (THA), and confound analyses of differences…
Abstract Number: 16 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences Between Patient and Physician Global Assessment on Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Status in High and Lower Income Countries Contribute to Inequity
SA Bergstra¹, R van den Berg¹, A Chopra², JAP da Silva³, D Vega-Morales⁴, N Govind⁵, TWJ Huizinga⁶ and RBM Landewé^7,8, ¹Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune, India, Pune, India, ³Department of Rheumatology, SRHUC, Coimbra, Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁴Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁶Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients score their global disease activity (ptGD) on average higher than physicians (phGD). This difference can vary between countries with high…
Abstract Number: 117 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors and Dmards Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Adegbenga Bankole, Rheumatology, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder affecting millions of Americans with societal costs estimated in the billions. With the expansion in…
Abstract Number: 1248 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Access to Care: The Patient Perspective from the 2015 ACR/ARHP Workforce Study
Seetha Monrad¹, Lisa Imundo², Daniel Battafarano³ and Marcia Ditmyer⁴, ¹Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, ⁴University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Background/Purpose: The 2015 Workforce Study (WFS) sought to expand our current understanding of the rheumatology workforce utilizing an integrated, patient-centered approach to workforce modeling. Primary…
Abstract Number: 1249 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
“There Are Still a Lot of Things That I Need”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Opportunities to Improve the Health Outcomes of First Nations People with Arthritis Seen at an on-Reserve Outreach Rheumatology Clinic
Adalberto Loyola-Sánchez¹, Lynden Crowshoe², Tyler White³, Diane Lacaille⁴ and Cheryl Barnabe⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Siksika Health Services, Siksika, AB, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: A rheumatology specialty clinic embedded in a primary health care clinic on a First Nations reserve was established six years ago to improve access…
Abstract Number: 1262 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates of Physical Therapy Utilization in Adults with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Maura D. Iversen^1,2, Todd A. Schwartz³, Leigh F. Callahan⁴, Yvonne M. Golightly⁵, Adam P. Goode⁶, Carla Hill⁷, Kim Huffman⁸, Ami Pathak⁹ and Kelli Allen¹⁰, ¹Northeastern University, Department of Physical Therapy, and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶O, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁷University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁸School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Molecular Physiology and Durham VA Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁹Comprehensive Physical Therapy, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁰University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Durham VA Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Although physical therapy (PT) is recommended for managing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (sxKOA), little is known about correlates of PT utilization among adults with sxKOA.…

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