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  • Abstract Number: 2639 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019

    Comparison of Patient Self-reported Data to Physician-driven Cohorts in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

    Irena Doubelt1, Jason Springer 2, Tanaz Kermani 3, Antoine Sreih 4, Cristina Burroughs 5, David Cuthbertson 5, Simon Carette 1, Nader A. Khalidi 6, Curry L. Koening 7, Carol Langford 8, Carol A. McAlear 9, Larry W. Moreland 10, Paul Monach 11, Dianne Shaw 12, Philip Seo 13, Ulrich Specks 14, Kalen Young 15, Steven Ytterberg 14, Peter A. Merkel 16, Christian Pagnoux 1 and VCRC Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium 17, 1Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas, MO, 3University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 4University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 5University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 6McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 7University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, 8Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 9University of Pennsylvania - VCRC Project Manager, Philadelphia, PA, 10University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 11Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 12Vasculitis Foundation, North Carolina, 13Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 14Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, 15Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 16Univeristy of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 17University of Pennsylvania, Division of Rheumatology, philadelphia

    Background/Purpose: Aligning perspectives of patients and physicians in the diagnosis and management of diseases is imperative, particularly in rare, chronic diseases such as vasculitis. We…
  • Abstract Number: 2765 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019

    Assessing the Impact of Digital Health Coaching on Quality Adjusted Life Years, Symptom Severity and Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Matt Allsion1, Michael McMorris 2, Dhiren Patel 2 and B Stephen Burton 3, 1Pack Health, Birmigham, AL, 2Pack Health, Birmingham, 3Pack Health, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune inflammatory arthritis in adults. RA has a significant negative impact on the ability to perform daily…
  • Abstract Number: 1926 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Effects of Social Networking on Chronic Disease Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Maria A. Lopez-Olivo1, Jessica Foreman2, Heather Lin3, Cheuk Hong Leung4, Tiffany Westrich-Robertson5, Catherine Hofstetter6, Susan K. Peterson7, Anne Lyddiatt8, Amye L. Leong9, Irmgard U. Willcockson10 and Maria Suarez-Almazor1, 1Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, 3Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX, 4Department of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX, 5International Foundation for Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, St Louis, MO, 6OMERACT patient research partner group, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 7Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Texas, USA, Houston, TX, 8Musculoskeletal Group, Cochrane Collaboration, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 9Spokesperson; Strategic Relations, Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, CA, 10School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: We evaluated a social networking intervention to help patients with rheumatoid arthritis become active partners in their own care. We developed a closed independent…
  • Abstract Number: 2193 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Online Direct-to-Patient Recruitment for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Results in Rapid Enrollment

    June Fujimoto, Lilian Borisov, Kristen Warren and Robert Terbrueggen, DxTerity, Rancho Dominguez, CA

    Background/Purpose: For precision medicine to address the dynamic nature of autoimmune diseases, more frequent measurements of disease activity and therapy response are needed. We report…
  • Abstract Number: 2120 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Quality, Content and Readability Assessment of Patient Education Websites Relating to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

    Ahmed Omar1,2, Laura Passalent3, Leslie Soever4, Medha Soowamber5 and Simon Carette6, 1Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Allied Health, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a heritable connective tissue disease that presents in myriad ways. Education is an essential component in managing this complex condition.…
  • Abstract Number: 82 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Germany: Are They Ready for Ehealth Via Mobile Medical Applications?

    Jutta G. Richter1, Christina Kampling2, Gamal Chehab3, Hasan Acar2, Arnd Becker4 and Matthias Schneider5, 1Policlinic of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, 2Policlinic of Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, 3Policlinic of Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany, 4Ortenau Klinikum Offenburg-Gengenbach, Gengenbach, Gengenbach, Germany, 5Department of Rheumatology & Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Mobile medical Applications (mApps) with diary functions and integrated patient-reported outcome instruments allow patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to self-monitor their disease apart…
  • Abstract Number: 2495 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Tele-Monitoring of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis

    Alexander Langer1 and Hans-Eckhard Langer2, 1Department of Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 2RHIO (Rheumatology, Immunology, and Osteology), Duesseldorf, Germany

    Background/Purpose: There is evidence that tight control of rheumatoid arthritis improves outcome. In daily practice this aim is constricted by logistic limitations such as a…
  • Abstract Number: 1332 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    From Social Support to Information Sharing, How Are Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Disease-Specific Facebook Communities? a Content Analysis

    Cheryl Crow and Kristin Jones, Occupational Therapy, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, CA

    Background/Purpose: High perceived social support is associated with better quality of life and lower rates of depression for persons with rheumatoid arthritis (Minnock, et al…

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