Abstracts tagged "Outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 553 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of Index of Activity Speed (Timed Up and Go test) for Outcome Measure of Patients with Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study for Evaluation of Joint Surgery on Physical Function
Toshihisa Kojima¹, Hajime Ishikawa^2,3, Sakae Tanaka⁴, Nobuhiko Haga⁵, Keiichiro Nishida⁶, Masao Yukioka⁷, Jun Hashimoto⁸, Hisaaki Miyahara⁹, Yasuo Niki¹⁰, Tomoatsu Kimura¹¹, Hiromi Oda¹², Shuji Asai¹³, Koji Funahashi¹, Masayo Kojima¹⁴ and Naoki Ishiguro¹⁵, ¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Orthopedic Surgery, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan, ³Orthopedic Surgery, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shinata, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama city, Japan, ⁷Orthopedic Surgery, Yukioka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁸Dept of Rheumatology, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano City, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ¹⁰Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Department of rthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, ¹²Orthopedic Surgery, Saitama Medical Univeristy, Morohongo Moroyama, Japan, ¹³Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁴Medical education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁵Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University, Graduate School & Faculty of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Total management including reconstructive joint surgery and rehabilitation should be needed for further improvements of physical function for long-standing RA patients. It is very…
Abstract Number: 3115 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reconsidering the Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Core Set: How Patients and Caregivers Define Disease Activity
Jennifer R. Horonjeff¹, Susan Thornhill², Daniel B. Horton³, Jennifer N. Stinson⁴, Anjali Fortna⁵, Stephanie Luca⁶, Arlene Vinci⁷, Laura C. Marrow⁸, Emily L. Creek⁷, Meredith Riebschleger⁹, Alessandro Consolaro¹⁰, Jane Munro¹¹, Vibeke Strand¹², Clifton Bingham III¹³ and Esi Morgan¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Thornhill Associates, Hermosa Beach, CA, ³Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Consumer Health, Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, ⁸Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology & Health Services Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁰Pediatria II - Reumatologia, PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia, ¹²Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ¹³Divisions of Rheumatology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The current JIA Core Set (ACR Pediatric 30) contains items that should be assessed in clinical trials for children with JIA. It was developed…
Abstract Number: 554 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics of Functional Impairment in Patients with Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on Range of Motion of Joints: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study for Evaluation of Joint Surgery on Physical Function
Toshihisa Kojima¹, Hajime Ishikawa², Sakae Tanaka³, Nobuhiko Haga⁴, Keiichiro Nishida⁵, Masao Yukioka⁶, Jun Hashimoto⁷, Hisaaki Miyahara⁸, Yasuo Niki⁹, Hiromi Oda¹⁰, Shuji Asai¹¹, Koji Funahashi¹, Masayo Kojima¹² and Naoki Ishiguro¹³, ¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Orthopedic Surgery, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan, ³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama city, Japan, ⁶Orthopedic Surgery, Yukioka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Dept of Rheumatology, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano City, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical Univeristy, Morohongo Moroyama, Japan, ¹¹Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ¹²Medical education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, ¹³Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University, Graduate School & Faculty of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Even now, in clinical practice, most of RA patients have long-standing disease and structural damage in their joints. Reconstructive joint surgery should be needed…
Abstract Number: 3179 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Scale Structure and Measurement Properties of a Disease Specific Patient-Reported Outcome for Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Joanna C. Robson^1,2,3, Jill Dawson⁴, Judy A. Shea⁵, Helen Doll⁶, Susan Ashdown⁷, Renee Borchin⁸, Ebony Easley⁹, John T. Farrar¹⁰, Don Gebhart¹¹, Katherine Kellom¹², Georgia Lanier¹³, Raashid Luqmani¹⁴, Carol A McAlear¹⁵, John Mills¹⁶, Nataliya Milman^17,18,19, Jacqueline Peck⁷, Gunnar Tomasson²⁰, Peter F. Cronholm⁹ and Peter A. Merkel²¹, ¹Faculty of Health and Applied Science, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴Nuffield Department of Population Health HSRU, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Department of Population Health, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ⁷Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁸University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁹Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Columbus, Columbus, OH, ¹²PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United Kingdom, ¹³NONE, Framingham, MA, ¹⁴NDORMS , Rheumathology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁶Vasculitis UK, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁸The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁹Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²⁰Dept of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Candidate questionnaire items were produced following in-depth qualitative research in the UK, US, and Canada plus cognitive interviews, extensive piloting and independent linguistic and…
Abstract Number: 592 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Adherence to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors on Radiographic Outcomes in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Grant W. Cannon¹, Alan R. Erickson², Chia-Chen Teng³, Tina Huynh³, Sharon Austin⁴, Bradley S. Stolshek⁵, Alex Mutebi⁶, David Collier⁵, Sally W. Wade⁷ and Brian Sauer³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴VAMC, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Global Health Economics, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁷Wade Outcomes Research and Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are effective therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and have been shown to reduce progression of joint structural damage…
Abstract Number: 854 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Ducas: Proposal for a Digital Ulcer Assessment Score in Scleroderma
Cosimo Bruni¹, Tanaka Ngcozana², Francesca Braschi³, Guya Piemonte⁴, Laura Benelli⁴, Serena Guiducci⁵, Silvia Bellando-Randone³, Jonathan Grotts⁶, Christopher Denton⁷, Daniel E. Furst⁸ and Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁵, ¹Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ²Rheumatology Department, Lower, Royal Free hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁴University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁵Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁶Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: No objective measure is presently available to assess digital ulcer (DU) in SSc patients apart from “healed/non healed” and experience-based clinical judgment. The aim…
Abstract Number: 1281 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Feasibility and Reliability of the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Sacroiliac Joint Inflammation Score for Children with Spondyloarthritis
Nancy A. Chauvin¹, Walter P. Maksymowych^2,3, Robert G. Lambert⁴, Jacob Jaremko⁵, David M. Biko¹, Timothy G. Brandon⁶, Joel Paschke² and Pamela F. Weiss^7,8, ¹Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²CaRE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Radiology, Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Center for Pediatric Clincial Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: We lack a method to quantify severity of inflammation in the pediatric sacroiliac joint. We evaluated the reliability and construct validity of the Spondyloarthritis…
Abstract Number: 1427 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Importance of Outcome Measures in Ankylosing Spondylitis – Validity of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 in a Real World Cohort
Sergio Schwartzman¹, Keith Knapp², Gary Craig³ and Discus, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Arthritis Northwest PLLC., Spokane, WA, ³Discus Analytics LLC., Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Outcome measures in AS are well established in clinical trial settings but infrequently used in real-world (RW) practice. These measures include the BASDAI, BASFI,…
Abstract Number: 1699 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RAPID3 Near Remission Shows Good Agreement with Minimal Disease Activity Criteria in Psoriatic Arthritis
Laura C. Coates^1,2, William Tillett^3,4, Theodore Pincus⁵, Arthur Kavanaugh⁶ and Philip S. Helliwell⁷, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁷NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: RAPID3 (routine assessment of patient index data) is a patient self-report index which is feasible in busy clinical settings to assess severity and change…
Abstract Number: 2017 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Modified Rodnan Skin Score in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Scleroderma-Analysis from 4 International Cohorts
Dinesh Khanna¹, Susanna Proudman^2,3, Tracy M. Frech⁴, Svetlana Nihtyanova⁵, Robyn T. Domsic⁶, Veronica J. Berrocal⁷, Wendy Stevens⁸, Mandana Nikpour⁹ and Christopher P.Denton¹⁰, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ³Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴Div of Rheumatology, University of Utah Medical Ctr, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁹Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁰Centre of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) is used as a primary outcome measure in clinical trials of dcSSc. EUSTAR analysis has proposed that a…
Abstract Number: 2038 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network Demonstrates Improvement on Quality Measures for Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
C. April Bingham¹, Jesse Pratt², Cagri Yildirim-Toruner³, Ronald Laxer⁴, Beth Gottlieb⁵, Jennifer E. Weiss⁶, Tzielan Lee⁷, Sheetal S. Vora⁸, Jon M. Burnham⁹, Julia Harris¹⁰, Judyann C. Olson¹¹, Murray Passo¹², Michelle Batthish¹³, Michael Shishov¹⁴, Kerry Ferraro¹⁵, Deborah M. Levy¹⁶, Christine O'Brien¹⁷, Kristi Whitney-Mahoney¹⁷, Nancy Griffin¹⁸, Anne Paul¹⁹ and Esi Morgan²⁰, ¹Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Div of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Pediatrics, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Lake Success, NY, ⁶Hackensack Univ Med Ctr, Hackensack, NJ, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹¹Ped/MACC Fund Research Ctr, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ¹⁵Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁷The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁹Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN) is a growing multi-center network organized on a learning health system model designed to improve outcomes…
Abstract Number: 2732 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Meaningful Involvement of Patients in the Development of a Core Outcome Set for Psoriatic Arthritis
Maarten de Wit¹, Alexis Ogdie², Willemina Campbell³, Philip J Mease⁴, Niti Goel⁵, Laure Gossec⁶, Ying Ying Leung⁷, Christine Lindsay⁸, Penelope Palominos Jr.⁹, Ingrid Steinkoenig¹⁰, Suzanne Grieb¹¹ and Ana-Maria Orbai¹², ¹Medical Humanities, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁵Quintiles; Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁶Paris 06 University and AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ⁷North District Hospital, Hong Kong, China, ⁸Medical Affairs, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Santa Cecilia, Brazil, ¹⁰Patient Research Partner, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The Group for Research of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA)-Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) working group recently obtained endorsement at the…
Abstract Number: 2741 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability and Construct Validity of the Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease (PsAID) Questionnaire – Independent Validation Study in a UK Cohort
Richard Holland¹, William Tillett^1,2, Eleanor Korendowych¹, Charlotte Cavill^1,3, Mel Brooke⁴ and Neil J McHugh⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, Bath Institute for Rheumatic Disease, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴PsAZZ Support Group, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Dept Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes (PROs) have been found to be reliable indicators of baseline status, change during treatment, and are predictive of long-term outcome. A…
Abstract Number: 2754 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Self-Reported Physical Activity Questionnaire in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Modification of the Squash
Fiona Maas¹, Anna Jetske Baron^1,2, Freke Wink³, Reinhard Bos³, Yvo Kamsma², Hendrika Bootsma⁴, Suzanne Arends^1,3 and Anneke Spoorenberg^1,3, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Center for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Improvement of physical function and physical activity are important goals in the management of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Although physical function is included in the…
Abstract Number: 2921 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Participation in Patient Reported Outcome Instrument Development in Systemic Sclerosis
John Pauling^1,2, Tracy M. Frech^3,4, Robyn T. Domsic⁵ and Marie Hudson^6,7, ¹Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VAMC, Salt Lake, UT, ⁴Internal Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, SLC, UT, ⁵Medicine - Rheumatology, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Medicine/Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The patient perspective captured using Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) instruments provide valuable insight into the patient condition not always captured by physician-derived assessment tools. Target…

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