Abstract Number: 1351 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Comparison Of The Clinical Effectiveness Of Treatment Strategies For Active RA Patients : Using a Prospective Biologic Registry (BIOPSY) and an RA Specific Cohort (KORONA)
Background/Purpose: The results from RCTs may not be generalizable to clinical practice because of their inclusion and exclusion criteria. Instead, observational cohorts and registries might…Abstract Number: 2292 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Affecting The Discrepancy Between Physician and Patient Global Assessment Of Disease Activity In Early and Established Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients- Results From The Ontario Best Practices Initiative
Background/Purpose: Discrepancy between patient (PGA) and physician (MDGA) global assessments in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) can adversely affect therapeutic decisions. The pattern of PGA and MDGA,…Abstract Number: 1264 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation Of Quality Indicators and Disease Damage In Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect virtually every organ system and may lead to significant morbidities. A…Abstract Number: 2300 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatologists Who Are Consistently Using An Objective Outcome Instrument Do Not “Treat To Target” In a Real World Setting
Background/Purpose: The public database JointManTMwas launched January 2012 with a mission to provide a practical outcome tool to manage patients with RA in a clinical…Abstract Number: 968 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Success Of Educational Intervention In Improving The Management Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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: 2064 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regular Measure of Disease Activity During the Routine Care of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Involves Some Extra Work but Positive Results
Background/Purpose: According to treat to target recommendations the use of validated composite measures of disease activity, which include joint assessments, is needed in routine clinical…Abstract Number: 631 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peripheral Neuropathy Due to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Itself: Incidence, Disease Risk Factors and Outcome
Background/Purpose: Peripheral neuropathy (PN) solely attributable to SLE itself is difficult to define since most of these patients are exposed to several other conditions that…Abstract Number: 2068 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is There a Difference in Rheumatology Patient Reported Outcomes When Measured At Home Versus the Clinic Setting?
Background/Purpose: Registries have become a common tool for collecting patient-centered outcome measures. Clinical effectiveness research may be improved if data from multiple registries could be…Abstract Number: 563 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Ankylosing Spondylitis, a Decrease in MRI Spinal Inflammation Predicts Improvement in Spinal Mobility Independently of Patient Reported Symptomatic Improvement
Background/Purpose: It has been previously shown that spinal mobility in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is associated with the level of inflammation of the spine. However an…Abstract Number: 2029 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability of Scoring a Disease Damage Measure for Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
Background/Purpose: . In order to more accurately capture disease activity and damage in juvenile Localized Scleroderma (jLS) and to develop an accepted outcome measure for…Abstract Number: 397 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Global Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Monitored in the Measurement of Efficacy of Treatment in the Era of Rheumatology Database: The patient’s Versus the rheumatologist’s Opinion
Background/Purpose: Disagreement on disease activity between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and rheumatologists may influence treatment decisions and compliance. The aim is to compare the physician's…Abstract Number: 2037 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Quality of Gout Care Is Strongly Associated with Higher Gout-Related Health Care Utilization
Background/Purpose: Proponents of improving quality of gout care have suggested various gout quality indicators, but no study to date has shown the link between…Abstract Number: 403 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Reaching Low Disease Activity in the First Year On Future Disability and Damage in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Remission has been proposed as the goal of treatment in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by current clinical practice guidelines. Remission is ideal…Abstract Number: 1723 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Development of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Priorities in Pharmacological Intervention Outcome Measures
Background/Purpose: Previous research developed a set of 8 priority treatment outcomes generated by patients to complement the professionally developed ACR core set for RA. These…Abstract Number: 359 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improved Radiological Outcome of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Early Treatment with methotrexate might be a key Prognostic Factor
Background/Purpose: To compare the rate of radiological progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosed in the 1980s with those of the late 1990s until…
