Abstracts tagged "health disparities"

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.…
Abstract Number: 30 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Complications of Inflammatory Arthritis in First Nations and Non-First Nations Populations of Alberta, Canada
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Gilaad Kaplan², J Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, Diane Lacaille⁴, Brenda Hemmelgarn⁵ and JM Esdaile⁶, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada / University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: With markedly improved control of the acute effects of inflammatory arthritis, the major causes of morbidity and premature death now arise from the complications…
Abstract Number: 53 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations Between Race and Income Disparity on Morbidity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Kathryn Phillippi¹, Mark Hoeltzel², Angela Byun Robinson^3,4, Susan Kim⁵ and CARRA investigators, ¹Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital / Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Rheumatology Division, University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital / Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Disclosure: T32 grant: the National Institutes of Health under Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award T32 AR007505 from the NIH NIAMS. The CARRA Registry is…
Abstract Number: 406 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Term Follow up of Inner City Pediatric Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Janice Desir¹, Beatrice Goilav², Ellen Silver³ and Irene Blanco⁴, ¹Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ³Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: In children with SLE, 80% have renal involvement, which is a major prognostic factor for both morbidity and mortality. Few studies have focused on…
Abstract Number: 1092 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Illicit Drug Use in US Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: Nhanes 2009-2010
Anna Shmagel¹ and Robert Foley², ¹Rheumatic & Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ²Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Addictive medications, such as opiates and benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed to patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP). Little is known about illicit drug…
Abstract Number: 2266 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Rheumatic Disease Really More Severe in Indigenous Populations? a Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes in Indigenous Populations of Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand
Kelle Hurd¹ and Cheryl Barnabe², ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Indigenous populations of Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand have higher disease prevalence for many inflammatory arthritis conditions and connective tissue…
Abstract Number: 1937 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Model Examining Factors Related to Physicians’ Ratings of Disease Activity in Patients with RA
Julia R. Ayeroff¹, Sarah R. Ormseth², David Hardy³, Michael R. Irwin², Michael H. Weisman⁴ and Perry M. Nicassio², ¹Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cousins Center for PNI, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine a multidimensional, integrated model describing the interrelations among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) objective disease activity, patient-rated disease…
Abstract Number: 1088 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Outcomes Among Individuals with, or at Risk for, Osteoarthritis from the United States: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Antoine A. Baldassari¹, Todd Schwartz¹, Rebecca J. Cleveland¹, Joanne M. Jordan² and Leigh F. Callahan³, ¹Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Dept of Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Res Ctr, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose Socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes among people with osteoarthritis are well documented, with some key limitations: existing studies limit their analyses to few outcome…
Abstract Number: 900 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Race and Sex Specific Incidence Rates and Predictors of Total Knee Arthroplasty: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 7 Years Follow up
Jamie E. Collins¹, Bhushan Deshpande¹, Jeffrey N. Katz² and Elena Losina¹, ¹Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is used to reduce pain and improve functional status in persons with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA). Several studies point to…
Abstract Number: 1912 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do Persons With SLE In Poverty Rate Interactions With Providers and Health Plans Differently?
Edward H. Yelin¹, Chris Tonner², Laura Trupin² and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: We previously showed that poverty is associated with the quantity, type, and technical quality of care in SLE.[1] Here we assess whether poverty is…
Abstract Number: 1195 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sex Differences In Gout Evaluation and Management
Leslie R. Harrold¹, Carol Etzel², Allan Gibofsky³, Joel M. Kremer⁴, Michael H. Pillinger⁵, Kenneth G. Saag⁶, Naomi Schlesinger⁷, Robert Terkeltaub⁸, Vanessa Cox² and Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁹, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²CORRONA, Inc, Southborough, MA, ³Medicine and Public Health, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Center for Rheumatology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁶Immunology & Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁸Medicine-Rheumatology, VA Medical Ctr/University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁹Departments of Medicine (Rheum Div) and Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Little is known regarding the evaluation, characteristics and management of women with gout. To characterize potential gender differences, we therefore compared clinical manifestations and…
Abstract Number: 77 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comorbid Conditions Do Not Explain Divergent Patient Assessments of Disease Activity and Global Health in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dörte Huscher¹, Katja Thiele², Sascha Bischoff², Ulrich von Hinüber³, Guido Hoese⁴, Kirsten Karberg⁵, Wolfgang Ochs⁶ and Angela Zink⁷, ¹German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Hildesheim, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Stadthagen, Germany, ⁵Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Bayreuth, Germany, ⁷Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the discussion of the 2010 ACR/EULAR remission criteria the issue has been raised to what extent patients are able to distinguish rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2511 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Potential Barriers That Limit Access to Rheumatologists Among Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Universal Access Health Care System
Jessica Widdifield¹, J. Michael Paterson², Sasha Bernatsky³, Karen Tu², Nadia Gunraj², Noah Ivers¹, Debra Butt², R. Liisa Jaakkimainen⁴, J. Carter Thorne⁵, Vandana Ahluwalia⁶ and Claire Bombardier⁷, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Ctre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Preventive Med and Biostatisti, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶William Osler Health Center, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Current guidelines for the optimal care of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend prompt referral to a rheumatologist. In the province of Ontario, Canada all 13…

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