Abstracts tagged "mental health"

Abstract Number: 0869 • ACR Convergence 2022
Behavioral Health Outcomes and Social Determinants of Health in Children with Juvenile Arthritis Compared to Children with Diabetes and Healthy Children
Francesca Lupini¹, Eleanor Mackey², Tamar Rubinstein³, Stephanie Merwin¹ and Sangeeta Sule¹, ¹Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Children's National Hosptial, Washington, DC, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune illnesses, such as arthritis and diabetes, share some common characteristics, such as daily impact and the invisible nature, which may increase risk for…
Abstract Number: 1050 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinically Recognized Depression and Mental Health Treatment in a Single Center Cohort of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Marissa Savoie¹, Alexandra Poeschla¹, na lu², Yuqing Zhang³, Marcy Bolster¹, Sara Schoenfeld¹ and Flavia Castelino¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of depression among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is 35-65%1, yet little is known about mental health care utilization in SSc. It…
Abstract Number: 1352 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Completion Rates of Routine Mental Health Screening for Depression and Anxiety in Paediatric Lupus Outpatient Clinic to Enhance Patient Mental Health Care
Tala El Tal¹, Avery Longmore², Abdulaziz el Mutairi¹, Amani Al Bijadi¹, Audrea Chen¹, Holly Convery¹, Dinah Finkelstein³, Linda Hiraki⁴, Chetana Kulkarni⁵, Justine Ledochowski⁶, Neely Lerman¹, Karen Leslie⁷, Deborah Levy⁸, Sharon Lorber⁹, Jayne MacMahon¹⁰, Jeanine McColl¹¹, Sarah Mossad¹², Oscar Mwizerwa¹⁰, Lawrence Ng¹², Luana Flores Pereira¹², Vandana Rawal⁷, Alaa Shehab¹, Evelyn Smith¹³, Alene Toulany¹⁴ and Andrea Knight¹, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Child & Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹The Hospital for Sick Children, Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto,, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto,, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Mental health (MH) problems are prevalent in adolescents with childhood-onset lupus (cSLE), with cross-sectional studies estimating prevalences of 20-60% for depression symptoms and 20-40%…
Abstract Number: 1377 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Myositis: Preliminary Analysis of a Multicenter Pilot Study
Kaveh Ardalan¹, Lindsay Olson¹, Jeffrey Dvergsten², Ann Reed¹, Alison Manning¹, Gary Maslow¹, Aruna Rikhi¹, Brian Feldman³, ashley Danguecan⁴, Sarah Mossad⁴, Luana Flores Pereira⁴, Susan Shenoi⁵, Stacey Haynes⁵, Joanna Patten⁵ and Andrea Knight⁶, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center / University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Qualitative studies in juvenile myositis (JM) suggest high rates of emotional distress but the prevalence of mental health comorbidities is not well described. We…
Abstract Number: 1386 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Association of Depression with Executive Function Skills and Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Busisiwe Zapparoli¹, Sarah Mossad¹, Stephanie Fevrier², Victoria Lishak³, Tala El Tal⁴, Lawrence Ng¹, Paris Moaf¹, Joanna Law¹, Ibrahim Mohamed⁵, Linda Hiraki⁶, Deborah Levy⁷, ashley Danguecan¹ and Andrea Knight⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Neurosciences and Mental Health, Research Institute, ON, Canada 3Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Depression is a frequent symptom in childhood-onset SLE (cSLE), and is likely multifactorial. Executive function (EF) refers to conscious and volitional efforts to regulate…
Abstract Number: 1770 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence and Incidence of Depression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
John E Oghene¹, Griffin Reed², Ian Saldanha³, Pooja Reddy⁴, Ahmed Elshazly⁵, Yuvaraj Singh⁶ and Deepan Dalal⁷, ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Rhode island hospital, Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Providence, RI, ³Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, ⁴Rhode island hospital, Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Seekonk, MA, ⁵Westerly Hospital, Yale New Haven Health, Westerly, RI, ⁶Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, ⁷Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: Depression is a common co-morbidity that has been shown to worsen symptoms such as pain, fatigue, decreased functional status, decreased disease remission, and response…
Abstract Number: 1785 • ACR Convergence 2022
PROs and Sociodemographic Factors in Year Prior to COVID Predict Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Adults with RA in First 2 Years of Pandemic: Data from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort
Susan Bartlett¹, orit schieir², Marie-France Valois², Janet Pope³, Louis Bessette⁴, Gilles Boire⁵, Carol Hitchon⁶, Edward Keystone⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Diane Tin⁹, Glen Hazlewood¹⁰ and Vivian Bykerk¹¹, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁵Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁷Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹The Arthritis Program Research Group, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence points to considerable mental health impacts of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, though data from longitudinal studies in rheumatic diseases are sparse. We…
Abstract Number: 1036 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Association of Patient Uncertainty with Mental Health in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Zachary Wallace¹, Claire Cook², Lucy Finkelstein-Fox³, Xiaoqing Fu³, Flavia Castelino³, Hyon K. Choi⁴, Cory Perugino³, John Stone⁵, Elyse Park⁶ and Daniel Hall⁷, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Psychiatric Oncology and Behavioral Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Behavioral Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) face uncertainty regarding disease flare or progression, management, how to interpret physiologic changes in their bodies, and…
Abstract Number: 1590 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sleep Disturbance Improves with SARS-COV2 Vaccinations in Patients with Rheumatologic and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Niti Pawar¹, Kimberly E. Taylor¹, Monica Yang¹, Parakkal Deepak², Wooseob Kim², Michael Paley³, Mehrdad Matloubian¹, Alex Carividi¹, Matthew Ciorba², Emanuel Demissie¹, Alia A. El-Qunni,², Katherine Huang², Baylee Kinnett², Lily E. McMorrow², Diana Paez¹, Abbey Rose², Rebecca E. Schriefer², Ali H Ellebedy², Alfred Kim², Mary Nakamura⁴, Patricia Katz¹ and Lianne Gensler⁵, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University in St. Louis, Olivette, MO, ⁴UCSF/SFVAHCS, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, people across the world experienced a psychological burden with social confinement, concerns about health, potential infection, jobs, financial difficulty,…
Abstract Number: 1592 • ACR Convergence 2021
ACT for Lupus: Pilot Study of a Novel Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Online Program to Support Patients with Lupus During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tessa Englund¹, Saira Sheikh², Becki Cleveland¹, Emily McCormick¹, Crystal Schiller³ and Teresa Dickson¹, ¹Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, and Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic disease associated with significant symptom burden, including fatigue, anxiety, depression, pain, and negative impacts on health-related quality…
Abstract Number: 1599 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of Patients with Rheumatic Conditions: A Qualitative Analysis of Perceived Risk and Decision Making
Courtney Wells¹, Guadalupe Torres², William Nowell³, Shilpa Venkatachalam³, Laura Stradford⁴, Kelly Gavigan³, Barbara Boyd-Floering⁵, Maria I. Danila⁶ and Kristine Carandang⁷, ¹University of Wisconsin-River Falls, White Bear Lake, MN, ²Patient Partner, Brooklyn Center, MN, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁵Whelton Virshup CreakyJoints Arthritis Clinic/ Global Healthy Living Foundation, Lake Worth, FL, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Independent, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the concerns, behaviors, and experiences of adults with autoimmune rheumatic conditions, and to evaluate the…
Abstract Number: 1644 • ACR Convergence 2021
Storytelling of Young Adults with Chronic Rheumatologic Illnesses: A Pilot Study
Aviya Lanis¹, Emilee Tu², Malki Peskin³, Maryann Melendez¹, Gabriel Tarshish⁴, Alisha Akinsete⁵, Alicia Hoffman¹, Kathleen Kenney-Riley⁶, Tamar Rubinstein⁷ and Dawn Wahezi¹, ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ⁵Montefiore, Wayne, NJ, ⁶Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY
Background/Purpose: Storytelling is a universal form of communication that allows expression of experiences. Narrative medicine can be described as a subset of storytelling in which…
Abstract Number: 0135 • ACR Convergence 2021
Comparing Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Total Cost of Care (TCC) in Those with Optimally Managed Depression to Those with Sub-optimally Managed Depression
Joseph Couto¹, Elisea Avalos-Reyes², Amanda McCarthy³, Olga Matlin⁴, Michele Hamburger⁵, Gerard Maher⁶ and Kjel Johnson¹, ¹CVS Health, Lincoln, RI, ²CVS Health, Irving, TX, ³CVS Health, Greensboro, GA, ⁴CVS Health, Northbrook, IL, ⁵Frances Hamburger Institute, Hauppauge, NY, ⁶Frances Hamburger Institute, Hauppaugue, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases (RD) are characterized by systemic signs and symptoms, including articular and extra-articular manifestations. Three common forms of RDs are RA, PsA and…
Abstract Number: 0136 • ACR Convergence 2021
Underutilization of Mental Health Services in a Busy Tertiary Care Rheumatology Facility
David Lim¹, Manushi Aggarwal¹ and Vaneet Sandhu², ¹Loma Linda University Health, Redlands, CA, ²Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Mental health disorders are prevalent in patients with rheumatic diseases, particularly since many of these diseases present early, have a chronic course, and significantly…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Psychosocial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Rheumatology Patient Experience
Melissa Flores, Priscilla Toral, Roberta Horton, Adena Batterman, Mavis Seehaus, Juliette Kleinman and Jillian Rose, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Research shows people with rheumatic conditions may be more susceptible to severe illness from COVID-19 due to their immunocompromised state. The COVID-19 pandemic has…

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