Abstracts tagged "Measurement Instrument"

Abstract Number: 1602 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Patient Empowerment with Patients with Arthritis
Erin Knight-Zhang¹, Kathleen Carluzzo¹, Karen Schifferdecker¹, Emily Creek², Rebecca Butcher¹ and Guy Eakin², ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The Health Care Empowerment Questionnaire (HCEQ) was developed for use in a general sample of patients to measure individual empowerment in health care and…
Abstract Number: 1614 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of a Best Practice Alert to Encourage Transition Planning and Readiness
Bernard Danna¹, Monique Maher¹, Marietta DeGuzman², Andrea Ramirez¹, Eyal Muscal², Amanda Brown², Martha Curry², Maria Pereira², M. Brad Nelson², Pooja Patel², Ugo Awa², LeeGee Huang³, Blanca Sanchez-Fournier³, JaLeen Rogers³, Ariel Coleman³, Anne Dykes³, Miriah Gillispie-Taylor² and Tiphanie Vogel⁴, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ³Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, ⁴Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Transitioning children with chronic diseases from pediatric to adult care can be challenging. Patients are faced with the emotional shock of entering a new…
Abstract Number: 1790 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Telomere Length and the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Frailty Index (SLICC-FI) in Long Standing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kaitlin Lima¹, Alexandra Legge², John Hanly², Jungwha Lee³, Jing Song³, Anh Chung³, Carly Skamra⁴, QiQuan Huang¹, Richard Pope⁵ and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁶, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, ⁴Northwestern University, Brookfield, IL, ⁵McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Frailty, an emerging concept in SLE, represents an individual’s ability to respond to physiologic stress. The first lupus-specific frailty index, the SLICC-FI, was recently…
Abstract Number: 1886 • ACR Convergence 2020
Measuring Physical Activity in AxSpA:Content Validity and Measurement Properties of the New AxSpA-SQUASH
Marllies Carbo¹, Davy Paap², Fiona Maas¹, Mark Siderius³, Hendrika Bootsma¹, Freke Wink³, Suzanne Arends³ and Anneke Spoorenberg³, ¹University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ², Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³University Medical Centre Groningen and Medical centre Leeuwarden, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The ASAS-EULAR recommendations for management of axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) includes that patients should be encouraged to exercise. There is no validated instrument for measuring…