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  • Abstract Number: 0339 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Longitudinal Glucocorticoid Toxicity in Rheumatic Disease Patients (LONG-TOX) and Associations with Quality of Life and Healthcare Resource Utilization: Interim Analysis from a Prospective Cohort

    Naomi Patel1, Aubree McMahon1, Grace McMahon1, Sebastian Perez-Espina1, Isha Jha1, Adam Jarvie1 and John Stone2, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA

    Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) continue to be the cornerstone of therapy for many rheumatic diseases, though long-term exposure to GCs has been linked to dozens of…
  • Abstract Number: 1009 • ACR Convergence 2023

    More Implementation Strategies Are Not Associated with Better Implementation Outcomes: Implementing the Lupus Patient Decision Aid

    larry hearld, Jasvinder Singh and Mark Beasley, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: To assess the association of the number of implementation strategies for a patient lupus decision aid (DA) with perceived implementation outcomes, and the moderating…
  • Abstract Number: 1847 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Influence of Seasonal Changes on Adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Cody Schmidt, Kunal Patel, Samantha Delgado, Guy Cozzi, Elisea Avalos-Reyes, W. Cliff Rutter, Rashmi Grover, Lucia Feczko, Will Cavers and Kjel Johnson, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms are suspected to be linked with exposure to colder environments. Previous studies on RA and seasonality have focused on RA…
  • Abstract Number: 2266 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Direct Health Care Costs Differ by SLE Autoantibody Machine Learning Clusters in an International Inception

    May Choi1, Karen Costenbader2, Marvin Fritzler1, Yvan St. Pierre3, Murray Urowitz4, John G. Hanly5, Caroline Gordon6, Sang-Cheol Bae7, Juanita Romero-Diaz8, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero9, Sasha Bernatsky3, Daniel Wallace10, David Isenberg11, Anisur Rahman12, Joan Merrill13, Paul R. Fortin14, Dafna Gladman15, Ian Bruce16, Michelle Petri17, Ellen Ginzler18, Mary Anne Dooley19, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman20, Susan Manzi21, Andreas Jonsen22, Graciela S Alarcón23, Ronald van Vollenhoven24, Cynthia Aranow25, Meggan MacKay25, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza26, S. Sam Lim27, Murat Inanc28, Kenneth Kalunian29, Soren Jacobsen30, Christine Peschken31, Diane L. Kamen32, Anca Askanase33, Jill Buyon34 and Ann Clarke35, 1University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute; University of Toronto Lupus Clinic; Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 6Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 7Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Department of Rheumatology, Seoul, South Korea, 8Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, 9University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 10Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 11University College London, London, United Kingdom, 12Centre for Rheumatology, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 13Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 14Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, 15Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 16University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 17Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, 18SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, 19Raleigh Neurology Associates, Chapel Hill, NC, 20Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 21Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, 22Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 23Heersink School of Medicine. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 24Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, 26Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, 27Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 28Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 29University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 30Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 31University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 32Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 33Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 34NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 35University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Using machine learning, we identified 4 patient clusters based on longitudinal autoantibody profiles in an international SLE inception cohort, which were predictive of disease…
  • Abstract Number: 0162 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Assessing Reproductive Health Counseling and Provider Attitudes in Rheumatology Post Roe v. Wade in Houston, Texas

    Ruhani Desai and Meera Subash, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Many rheumatic diseases disproportionately affect women of childbearing age. Advances in the field of rheumatology have led to an increase in targeted treatment agents.…
  • Abstract Number: 0340 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Rheumatology Patients’ Experiences of a Nationwide Transition to an Adalimumab Biosimilar: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Chiara Gasteiger1, Maria Lobo2, Robin Stanley1, Lun Shen Wong1, Rachel Murdoch1 and Nicola Dalbeth1, 1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 2Department of Rheumatology, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: Patients are frequently transitioned to biosimilars to reduce the cost burden of biologics. Brand changes can be daunting for patients who have concerns about…
  • Abstract Number: 1010 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Advanced Clinician Practitioners in Arthritis Care: A Workforce Profile

    Laura Passalent1, Soever Leslie1, Amanda Steiman2, Christopher Nielsen1, Deborah Levy3 and Robert Inman4, 1Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: The Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) Program is a post-licensure, competency-based academic and clinical educational program that prepares physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses,…
  • Abstract Number: 1848 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with HPV Vaccination in Young Adults with Rheumatic Disease

    Caroline Siegel1, Lauren Robinson1, Deanna Jannat-Khah1, Avi Mikhaylov1, Nancy Pan1 and Lisa Sammaritano2, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: The HPV vaccine is safe and immunogenic in RD patients but uptake is suboptimal. We aimed to evaluate factors associated with HPV vaccination in…
  • Abstract Number: 2430 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Time-Dependent Evaluation of Weighted Cumulative Glucocorticoid Exposure and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in a Cohort of Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Beth Wallace1, Yuqing Gao2, H. Myra Kim1, Bryant England3, Joshua Baker4, Brian Sauer5, Grant Cannon6, Punyasha Roul3, Ted R Mikuls7, Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg1, Daniel Clauw8, Wyndy Wiitala2, Rodney Hayward1, Jeremy Sussman1 and Akbar Waljee9, 1VA Ann Arbor; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2VA Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, 3University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 4University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 5Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 6University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, 7Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 8Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 9VA Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: Three-quarters of RA patients use glucocorticoids (GC) to manage RA symptoms. Prior work suggests recent GC use is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events…
  • Abstract Number: 0163 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Uncovering Discrepancies: Analysis of Glucocorticoid Exposure Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Electronic Health Record Data versus Medicare Claims

    Jing Li1, Julia Kay1, Sharon Abada1, Andriko Palmowski2, Rachael Stovall1, Jinoos Yazdany3 and Gabriela Schmajuk4, 1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3University of California, General Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, 4UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Understanding glucocorticoid (GC) exposure is critical for observational analyses in rheumatology. However, obtaining an accurate measure of GC exposure, including dosage and duration, has…
  • Abstract Number: 0465 • ACR Convergence 2023

    The Effects of Post-Dobbs Abortion Policy on Rheumatology Clinical Practice: A Survey of Rheumatologists

    Mehret Birru Talabi1, Bonnie Bermas2, Irene Blanco3, Ashira Blazer4, Megan Clowse5, Cuoghi Edens6, Leslie Pierce7, Catherine Wright1 and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman3, 1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 3Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 4Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 5Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, 6University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 7University of Pittsburgh, Raleigh, NC

    Background/Purpose: In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health removed the federal constitutional right to abortion, returning abortion policy…
  • Abstract Number: 1013 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Implementation of a Rheumatology-Based Social Determinants of Health Screening Program to Uncover and Address Needs in a Multihospital Health Care System

    Candace Feldman1, Rebecca Summit1, Karli Retzel1, Haelynn Gim2, Leah Santacroce1, Shalina Patel1, Sarah Wilkie3, Virginia Bills1, Siobhan Case1, Caitlyn Wasserman3, Derrick Todd1, Nancy Sadick1 and Sara Schoenfeld4, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, 4Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Social determinants of health (SDoH) contribute to inequities in rheumatic disease care and outcomes. Most SDoH screening occurs in primary care where resources may…
  • Abstract Number: 1851 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Healthcare Providers’ Experiences of a Mandatory Nationwide Transition to an Adalimumab Biosimilar

    Chiara Gasteiger1, Maria Lobo2, Lun Shen Wong1, Rachel Murdoch1 and Nicola Dalbeth1, 1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 2Department of Rheumatology, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: Transitioning patients with rheumatic diseases to biosimilars has become common to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient access to biologic therapies. However, it is…
  • Abstract Number: 2523 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Region, Race, and Hospital Factors Impact Length of Stay and Hospital Charges Post-primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

    Kranti Rumalla1, Sumanth Chandrupatla2 and Jasvinder Singh2, 1Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects nearly 33 million adults in the US and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective treatment. Outcomes can vary by regional…
  • Abstract Number: 0164 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Development and Validation of a Virtual Musculoskeletal Examination Method for Disease Activity Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Sandeep Yadav, Asna Shaikh and C Balakrishnan, P D Hinduja national Hospital and medical Research centre, Mumbai, India

    Background/Purpose: The rapid adaptation of telemedicine in rheumatology practice brings standardization, reliability and legality challenges. Therefore, it is necessary to develop dependable virtual instruments for…
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