Abstracts tagged "Outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 2963 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
BehçEt’s Disease in Children: Eastern Mediterranean Experience
Hafize Emine Sonmez¹, Ezgi Deniz Batu¹, Betul Sozeri², Yonatan Butbul Aviel³, Yelda Bilginer⁴ and Seza Ozen⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, ANKARA, Turkey, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s disease (BD) is a variable vessel vasculitis which is more common in adults. The most widely used diagnostic criteria for adult onset disease…
Abstract Number: 3016 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validity of a 2-Component Disease Activity Score for Accurate Assessment of Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elizabeth M.A. Hensor^1,2, Paul McKeigue³, Philip G. Conaghan^1,2, Maya H. Buch^1,2, Jennifer H. Barrett^2,4, Jackie L. Nam^1,2, Marco Colombo⁵, Athina Spiliopoulou^5,6, Felix Agakov⁶, Stephen Kelly⁷, Myles J. Lewis⁷, Costantino Pitzalis⁷, Paul Emery^1,2, Ann W. Morgan^1,2 and IACON Consortium & PEAC Consortium, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Medical School, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁴School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁶Pharmatics Limited, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁷Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The original Disease Activity Score (DAS) was derived from clinicians’ therapeutic decisions1, which may have been influenced by patient-subjective factors such as general health…
Abstract Number: 1326 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Which Score to Use for Radiographic Damage Assessment of the Spine in (early) Axial Spondyloarthritis? Two-Year Data from the DESIR Cohort
Sofia Ramiro¹, Pascal Claudepierre², Rosaline van den Berg³, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, Antoine Feydy⁵, Maria-Antonietta d'Agostino⁶, Damien Loeuille⁷, Maxime Dougados⁸, Monique Reijnierse⁹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, France, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Paris Descartes University, Radiology B department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Rheumatology, Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Cochin hospital, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁹Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Several scores have been developed to assess radiographic damage in AS. However, we do not know how they perform in early phases of the…
Abstract Number: 1597 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Variability in Health Assessment Questionnaire Based on Type of Health Insurance Coverage and Rheumatology Practice
Jacqueline Stewart¹, Regan Arendse², Boulos Haraoui³, Michael Starr⁴, Denis Choquette⁵, Michelle Teo⁶, Dalton Sholter⁷, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁸, Eliofotisti Psaradellis⁹, Brendan Osborne¹⁰, Karina Maslova¹¹, Cathy Tkaczyk¹⁰, Francois Nantel¹² and Allen J Lehman¹¹, ¹Penticton Regional Hospital, Penticton, BC, Canada, ²University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ³Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal and University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal and University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Penticton Regional Hospital, Penticton, BC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Associates, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ⁹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²19 Green belt Dr, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose : Previous studies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have shown that patient socioeconomic status (SES) impacts patient prognosis. We hypothesized that public vs. private healthcare…
Abstract Number: 1891 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Parameters That Predict Worsening of Skin Thickness in Patients with Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Masataka Kuwana¹, Minoru Hasegawa², Yucihiro Shirai¹, Osamu Ishikawa³, Hirahito Endo⁴, Fumihide Ogawa⁵, Daisuke Goto⁶, Shinichi Sato⁷, Hironobu Ihn⁸, Yasushi Kawaguchi⁹ and Kazuhiko Takehara¹⁰, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Dermatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Jusendo General Hospital, Koriyama, Japan, ⁵Department of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Division of Clinical Immunology, Doctoral Program in Clinical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁷Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, ⁹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Dermatology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa City, Japan
Background/Purpose: Skin thickness is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc), and its progression is associated with poor prognosis. The modified Rodnan total skin thickness score…
Abstract Number: 1904 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of the Mawdsley Calcinosis Questionnaire (MCQ) Version 1 – a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) for Systemic Sclerosis Related Calcinosis (SSc-Ca)
Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹, Kim Fligelstone², Evan Busman³, Angela Christensen⁴, Sophia Cenac⁵, Samara Khalique⁶, Andrew Aubin⁷, Veronika K. Jaeger⁸, Anne Mawdsley⁹, Jessica K. Gordon¹⁰, Randi Kaufman¹¹, Murray Baron¹², Virginia D. Steen¹³ and Tracy M. Frech¹⁴, ¹Tulane University Lung Center, New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Royal Free Hospital, Scleroderma Unit and Scleroderma Society, London, United Kingdom, ³Atlanta Scleroderma Support Group, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁶Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁷Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Raynaud's & Scleroderma - Care and Support UK, Cheshire, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center - School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, ¹²Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute and McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ¹⁴Div of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: SSc-Ca is a poorly understood vascular complication of SSc that usually related to extreme constant pain and infection/amputation risk for persons living with SSc-Ca…
Abstract Number: 2167 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Application of Combined Reporting of Benefit and Harm (OMERACT 3×3 methodology) to the Rheumatoid Arthritis Comparison of Active Therapies Trial
Maarten Boers^1,2, Sarah Leatherman³, James R. O'Dell⁴ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³MAVERIC CSPCC (151MAV), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Birmingham VAMC, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Initiative has suggested an analysis of the occurrence of benefit and harm in trials simultaneously, at the individual…
Abstract Number: 2223 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Clinical Decisions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Management Using Online Medical Simulations
Nimish Mehta¹, Keith Johnson², Douglas Blevins³ and Martin Warters³, ¹Medscape, LLC, New York, NY, ²Medscape Education, New York, NY, ³Medscape, LLC, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: In many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the disease is not adequately controlled, and only a minority of patients attain the goal of consistent…
Abstract Number: 2224 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tailored, Online Education on Comparative Effectiveness Studies in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Success in Improving Knowledge and Clinical Decisions
Nimish Mehta, Emilie McCardell and Kathleen Geissel, Medscape, LLC, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Analysis of past educational activities on comparative effectiveness studies in RA identified different educational needs for varying segments of rheumatologists – from interpretation of…
Abstract Number: 50 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics and Outcomes Associated with Early Corticosteroid Use in a Large Multicenter Canadian RA Cohort
Kathleen Andersen¹, Daming Lin², Susan J. Bartlett^3,4, Gilles Boire⁵, Boulos Haraoui⁶, Carol Hitchon⁷, Shahin Jamal⁸, Edward C. Keystone⁹, Janet E. Pope¹⁰, Diane Tin¹¹, J Carter Thorne¹², VP Bykerk^13,14 and CATCH Investigators, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine , Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶Institut de Rhumatologie, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁸Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Synthetic glucocorticoids (steroids) are commonly used in RA to rapidly inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokines. They are frequently used as "bridge therapy", quickly dampening down the…
Abstract Number: 2330 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Quality of Life Questionnaire (L-QoL)
M Tuncay Duruoz¹, Canan Sanal Top², Ilhan Sezer³, Figen Yılmaz⁴, Cagri Ünal², Hatica Sule Baklacioglu⁵, Firat Ulutatar⁶ and Pamir Atagunduz⁷, ¹Dept of PM&R, Rheumatology Clinic, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ²PM&R, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rheabilitation, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, ⁴PM&R, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Rheumatology, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Quality of Life Questionnaire (L-QoL) is a disease-specific measure of needs-based quality of life developed in the United Kingdom (1).…
Abstract Number: 158 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Score of Dominant Hand in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Correlates with DAS28CRP, CDAI and SDAI but Not RAPID-3
Allen P. Anandarajah¹, Bethany Marston², Linda Grinnell-Merrick² and Ralf G. Thiele³, ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Univ of Rochester Medical Ctr, Rochester, NY, ²Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MUS) allows for direct visualization of diverse pathologic features such as cortical bone erosions, synovial thickening, and synovial vascularity in the joints…
Abstract Number: 2539 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Validity and Reliability of Turkish Version of the Jenkins Sleep Scale in Rheumatoid Arthritis
M Tuncay Duruoz¹, Cagri Ünal², Firat Ulutatar³, Canan Sanal Top² and Osman Hakan Gunduz⁴, ¹Dept of PM&R, Rheumatology Clinic, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ²PM&R, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The Jenkins Sleep Scale has 4 questions to assess the estimation of sleep problems in clinical research. It was developed in USA (1). Aim: To…
Abstract Number: 190 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Imaging with Elastography for the Medical Treatment of Dupuytren’s Contracture
Paul John DeMarco¹, Alan K. Matsumoto¹, Nicole Thomas², Megan Bishop¹, Andrew Gregory DeMarco³, Guada Respicio¹, Ashley Beall¹, Robert Rosenberg¹, Theresa Bass-Goldman¹ and Herbert S. B. Baraf¹, ¹The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Wheaton, MD, ²Rheumatology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, DC, ³Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Dupuytren’s contracture is a rheumatic disease characterized by an fibrotic reaction in the palmar aponeurosis, resulting in disability. Medical treatment with up to 3…
Abstract Number: 2596 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Less Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Power Doppler Activity Seen in Obese Rheumatoid Arthritis
Erin Bauer¹, Ami Ben-Artzi², Erin Duffy¹, David Elashoff¹, Cesar Olmos³ and Veena K. Ranganath³, ¹Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Studies report that obese and overweight patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are less likely to attain remission and more likely to have limited therapeutic…

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