Abstracts tagged "patient participation and prevention"

Abstract Number: 1978 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
A Web-Based Intervention Aimed to Improve Bone Health Among Individuals On Chronic Glucocorticoids
Amy H. Warriner¹, Ryan C. Outman², Nathan Markward³, Ronald Aubert³, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴, Robert Epstein³, Felix Freuh³, Julia McEachern³, David T. Redden⁵, Monika M. Safford², Eric Stanek³, Amy Steinkellner³ and Kenneth G. Saag⁶, ¹Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Medco, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Rheumatology & Immunology, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Div Clinical Immun & Rheum, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Despite a significant associated fracture risk, previous population-based studies document low osteoporosis treatment rates for individuals treated with chronic glucocorticoids (GCs) at risk for…