Abstracts tagged "online patient engagement and self-management"

Abstract Number: 197 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Process Evaluation of the Making It Work Program, an Online Program to Help People with Inflammatory Arthritis Remain Employed
Kathy Tran¹, Xi yuan Li², Xiang Chuin Seah³, Catherine Backman⁴, Brendan vanAs³, Pam Rogers², Monique Gignac⁵, John M. Esdaile³, Carter Thorne⁶, Linda Li² and Diane Lacaille⁷, ¹Simon Fraser University, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴Rehab Medicine, University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Instititue for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) commonly affects ability to work, yet few arthritis services exist addressing employment. We report on the process evaluation of the Making…
Abstract Number: 1245 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Transition in Work Status and Quality of Life in People with Inflammatory Arthritis
Wiebke Bartels¹, Eric C. Sayre², Pam Rogers³ and Diane Lacaille⁴, ¹Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: People with inflammatory arthritis (IA) frequently have to stop working due to their arthritis. It is assumed that economic and psychosocial consequences of premature…