Abstracts tagged "obesity and quality of life"

Abstract Number: 259 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Examining Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System Measures In Community Dwelling Adults With Arthritis
Ana-Maria Orbai¹, Leigh F. Callahan², Rebecca J. Cleveland³, Sharon R. Ghazarian⁴, Susan J. Bartlett^5,6 and Clifton O. Bingham III¹, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Thurston Arthritis Res Ctr, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Bayview Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Data Management (BEAD) Core, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the US and impacts on multiple aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Many multidimensional HRQoL…