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Abstracts tagged "patient outcomes and systemic sclerosis"

  • Abstract Number: 790 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Gastrointestinal Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Systemic Sclerosis: Understanding the Role of Diet

    Kelly Jensen1, Linda Wang2, Rosemary Kovacic2, Veronika K. Jaeger3, Monika Lammi4 and Lesley Ann Saketkoo5, 1Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 3Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 4GI Motility Program at Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 5Tulane, New Orleans, LA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting multiple organ systems including vascular, musculoskeletal, cardiac, renal, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal (GI). 90% of SSc…
  • Abstract Number: 1739 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    What Do Patient Reported Outcomes for Routine Monitoring of Gastrointestinal Tract Symptoms in a Systemic Sclerosis Center Tell Us about Clinical Features of Potential Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth?

    Jessica Zhu1, Craig Gale2, Joshua Biber3, Mandana Nikpour4, Murray Baron5 and Tracy M. Frech6, 1School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2Bioinformatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 3University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 4The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 5Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background/Purpose: The implementation of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) is increasingly recognized as a critical aspect of clinical practice.  The use of gastrointestinal (GI) PROMs…
  • Abstract Number: 2687 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Patient-Level Evaluation of Components of the American College of Rheumatology Combined Response Index in Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS) Using Patient-Reported Anchors

    Vivek Nagaraja1, John Powers2, Celia J. F. Lin3, Benjamin Brennan4, Veronica J. Berrocal5 and Dinesh Khanna1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2University of Maryland School of Medicine, Rockville, MD, 3Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, 4School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 5Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: Treatment benefit is demonstrated by evidence that interventions have positive impacts on how patients feel, function, and/or survive (FDA Guidance, 21CFR314.510). The ACR CRISS,…
  • Abstract Number: 2668 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Responsiveness of University of California Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium (GIT2.0) and Intestinal Visual Analogue Scale to Change in Systemic Sclerosis Patients

    Yossra A Suliman1, Suzanne Kafaja2, Mohamed Alemam3, yasser Shaweesh4, Kasra Tavakoli5 and Daniel E. Furst6, 1Rheumatology and Rehabilitation dept., Rheumatology and Rehabilitation dept. Assiut university hospital, Assiut Egypt, Assiut, Egypt, 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, 3Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department, Assistant Lecturer, Qena, Egypt, 4John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of cook county, chicago, IL, 5Department of medicine, university of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 6David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is the most common internal organ involvement. Among the few validated patient-reported outcome measures for GI…
  • Abstract Number: 2694 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Performance of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS) Promis-29 and Promis Self-Efficacy in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)

    Janet L. Poole1, Veronica J. Berrocal2, Jennifer Serrano3, Erica Bush3 and Dinesh Khanna3, 1Health Sciences Ctr OT Program, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes are important to measure the effectiveness of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions. The goal of PROMIS is to develop standardized items banks…
  • Abstract Number: 2718 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    The UCLA Gastrointestinal Tract Questionnaire (GIT)2.0 and GI Visual Analogue Scale(GI-VAS) Reflect Different Aspects of GI Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis

    Yossra Suliman1,2, Yasser Shaweesh3, Suzanne Kafaja4,5,6, Lewei Duan7 and Daniel E. Furst8, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine., David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles,, Los Angeles, CA, 2Rheumatology and Rehabilitation department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut university, Assiut, Egypt, 3Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine., David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 4Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 5Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 6David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 7David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 8University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose UCLA GIT2.0 is a validated measure for assessing the severity of gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis patients (SSc) patients; GI VAS is also a…

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