Abstracts tagged "Patient reported outcomes"

Abstract Number: PP12 • ACR Convergence 2022
We Became Advocates, Educators, and a Support System for Hispanic/Latino Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Their Caregivers Through Involvement in a Virtual Patient Advisory Board
Zucy Almonacid¹, Wigna Cruz², Francisca Garcia³, Teresa Hernandez⁴, Velia Martinez⁵, Patricia Mattos³, Mario Mutis⁶ and Denise Serrano⁷, ¹Hicsville, NY, ²Juan Diaz, PR, ³Lake Worth, FL, ⁴Greenacres, FL, ⁵Guaynabo, PR, ⁶Fort Pierce, FL, ⁷Toa Alto, PR
Background/Purpose: Each of us has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), from as recently as one year ago to as long as 20 years ago.…
Abstract Number: 0193 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Influencing Visit Preference in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Qualitative Study
Kiara Aaron¹, Catherine Nasrallah², Lesley Jackson¹, Sarah Goglin³, Diana Paez⁴, David Chae⁵, Faith Mugeta¹, Norma Techarukpong¹, Ellen McNeeley¹, Gary Cutter¹, kenneth saag¹, Mary Margaretten⁴ and Maria Danila¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²UCSF, San Francisco, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, ⁵Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the use of telemedicine visits for patients living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). The factors that influence preferences…
Abstract Number: 0347 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real-World Effectiveness of Belimumab in Patients with SLE in the United States
Christopher Bell¹, Bernie Rubin², Karen Worley³, Guillaume Germain⁴, François Laliberté⁴, Sean D. MacKnight⁴, Ana Urosevic⁴ and Mei Sheng Duh⁵, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, US Value, Evidence and Outcomes, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC, ³GlaxoSmithKline, US Value, Evidence and Outcomes, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Groupe d’analyse, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Analysis Group Inc, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of the disease-modifying treatment belimumab (BEL), comparing the rates of SLE flares among…
Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2022
ACR Workgroup to Develop Recommendations for PRO Use in Clinical Care for SLE
Patricia Katz¹, Claire Barber², Ali Duarte-Garcia³, Shivani Garg⁴, Wambui Machua⁵, Yesenia Santiago-Casas⁶, Wendy Rodgers⁷, Lisa Suter⁸, Jennifer Ude⁹, Tracy Johansson⁹, Christie Bartels¹⁰ and Jinoos Yazdany¹¹, ¹UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵Piedmont Physicians, Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Integral Rheumatology and Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁷Lupus Foundation of America, Torrance, CA, ⁸Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁹American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ¹¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are not consistently used in clinical settings for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). As part of a Centers for…
Abstract Number: 0912 • ACR Convergence 2022
Associations Between Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Variants and Response to Cannabis Use for Pain Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kristin Wipfler¹, Joanna Zeiger², Teresa Simon³, Stuart Kassan⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁵, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²Canna Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, ³Physicians Research Center Consultant to ForWard, Toms River, NJ, ⁴Colorado Arthritis Associates, Lakewood, CO, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is a serine hydrolase that breaks down the endocannabinoid/cannabinoid receptor agonist anandamide. Variants in the FAAH gene have been…
Abstract Number: 1343 • ACR Convergence 2022
Satisfaction with Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Is Related to Discordance with Providers’ Treatment Goals and Patients’ Reasons for Disagreement
Kelly O'Neill¹, Pamela Sinicrope², Cynthia Crowson³, Kathryne Marks⁴, Rachel Giblon⁵, Elena Myasoedova² and John Davis², ¹Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Winter Springs, FL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: We previously reported on the incidence of shared treatment goal discussions which are associated with disease activity (DA) improvement and satisfaction within rheumatology care.…
Abstract Number: 1473 • ACR Convergence 2022
Unsupervised Clustering of Lupus Patient-Reported Outcome Data Identifies Patient Groups with Differences in SLEDAI and Physician Global Assessment
Jack Zent¹, Kristy Bell², Brooke Williams², Prathyusha Bachali³ and Peter Lipsky⁴, ¹AMPEL BioSolutions LLC, Leesburg, VA, ²AMPEL BioSolutions LLC, Charlottesville, VA, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, Redmond, WA, ⁴AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with heterogeneous clinical presentations. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) can aid in the measurement of the burden of…
Abstract Number: 2032 • ACR Convergence 2022
Major Salivary Gland Ultrasound and Elastography for Assessment of Disease Activity in Patients of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Kunal Chandwar¹, Juhi Dixit¹, Kriti Kishor¹, DOGGA PRASANNA KUMAR², DIGVIJAY EKBOTE³, PUNEET KUMAR¹ and Urmila Dhakad¹, ¹King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India, ²KGMU, LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³KING GEORGE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: To assess major salivary gland involvement by ultrasonography and elastography in patients with Sjögren's syndrome , compare it with controls and correlate the severity…
Abstract Number: 0195 • ACR Convergence 2022
Acceptance of Virtual Reality for Managing Their Disease Among People with Rheumatologic Conditions with and Without Prior Experience Using Virtual Reality
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Kimberly Garza², Cassie Clinton³, Heqin Yang², Alexicia Richardson², Cheryl Seals², Gary Hawkins², Chad Rose², William Benjamin Nowell⁴, Kelly Gavigan⁵ and Liana Fraenkel⁶, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Auburn University, Auburn, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁶Berkshire Medical Center, Lenox, MA
Background/Purpose: We aimed to assess enthusiasm for the use of virtual reality (VR) for clinical and educational use among people with rheumatologic diseases, comparing those…
Abstract Number: 0375 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Presence of Heel Enthesitis on Physical Exploration Is Associated with Poorer Outcomes After 2 Years of Follow-up in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Clementina Lopez-Medina¹, Maria Angeles Puche Larrubia², lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda³, Raquel Granados⁴, Pilar Font⁵ and Eduardo Collantes⁵, ¹Reina Sofia University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Jaén, Spain, ²Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Granada, Spain, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis represents one of the most important peripheral musculoskeletal manifestation in patients with axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The prevalence and the burden of the disease…
Abstract Number: 0697 • ACR Convergence 2022
Are Fibromyalgia and Depression as Common as Any Primary Diagnosis in Routine Rheumatology Care, Albeit as Secondary Diagnoses, but Which May Confound Clinical Assessment?
Theodore Pincus¹, Kathryn Gibson², Juan Schmukler¹, Tengfei Li³ and Joel Block¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ³Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) and depression (DEP) are common comorbidities of all reported primary rheumatic diagnoses, easily recognized in many patients, but often underestimated, particularly in…
Abstract Number: 0927 • ACR Convergence 2022
Review of 167,990 Same Day RAPID3, CDAI Scores for 61,312 Patients Receiving DMARD Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis; Evaluations of Disease Assessments and Treatment Discontinuation
Nehad Soloman¹, Kent Kwas Huston², Jasvinder singh³, Simon Helfgott⁴, Andrew Frick⁵, Scott Milligan⁵ and Colin Edgerton⁶, ¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Peoria, AZ, ²Kansas City Physician Partners Center for Rheumatic Disease, Kansas City, MO, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Trio Health, Louisville, CO, ⁶Articularis Healthcare, Sullivans Island, SC
Background/Purpose: Treatment efficacy for rheumatoid arthritis is often measured through disease assessments containing subjective input from the provider, the patient, or both. Here we compare…
Abstract Number: 1344 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient-reported Outcomes in Lupus Low Disease Activity State: Impact of Fatigue
Rodrigo De Moura Rodrigues, Alexandre Moura dos Santos, Daniel Sampaio Cardoso, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki, Danieli Castro Oliveira de Andrade, Sandra Gofinet Pasoto, Eduardo Ferreira Borba Neto, Eloisa Silva Dutra de Oliveira Bonfa and Luciana Seguro, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) can be assessed by self-administered questionnaires and can lead to better decision-making by physicians. The aim of this study was…
Abstract Number: 1493 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Delay of Treatment with Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Psoriatic Arthritis: Lessons from the CorEvitas PsA/SpA Registry
Philip J Mease¹, Miroslawa Nowak², Jiyoon Choi³, Tom Lehman², Antoine Sreih⁴, Taylor Blachley⁵, Blessing Dube⁵, Kaylee Ho⁵, Nicole Middaugh⁵ and Alexis Ogdie⁶, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁶Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: There is evidence that a delay between psoriatic arthritis (PsA) symptom onset and diagnosis contributes to worse outcomes, yet the impact of delayed DMARD…
Abstract Number: 2063 • ACR Convergence 2022
Medication Cost Concerns and Disparities in Patient-reported Outcomes Among a Multiethnic Cohort of Patients with Lupus
Alfredo Aguirre¹, Kimberly DeQuattro², Patricia Katz³, Kurt Greenlund⁴, Kamil Barbour⁴, Caroline Gordon⁵, Cristina M Lanata⁶, Lindsey Criswell⁷, Maria Dall'Era⁸ and Jinoos Yazdany⁹, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁴Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶NIH/NHGRI, Washington, DC, ⁷National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸University of California, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Medication cost concerns are associated with nonadherence and poor outcomes in the general population. Prior research has described medication cost concerns in up to…

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