Abstracts tagged "Qualitative Research"

Abstract Number: 0393 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Self-Reported Medication Barriers on Medication Adherence and Disease Activity in a Cohort of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Aditi Shaily¹, Allison R. Eckard², Paul Nietert³, Emily Vara¹, Natasha Ruth⁴ and Mileka Gilbert³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Departments of InternDivision of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Medications used to manage juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are highly effective in preventing joint damage and provide a favorable prognosis. Many patients, however, struggle…
Abstract Number: 2150 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rheum to Grow:An Approach Towards Human Centered Design through a Qualitative Analysis on the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology
Lillian Chang¹, Rhea Sharma², Elyse Guziewicz¹, Jordan Jackson³, Katrina Romagnoli¹, Gemme Campbell¹, Saritha Korukonda¹, Priyanka Pawar¹, Jonida Cote⁴, Thomas Davis¹ and Emily Brunner¹, ¹Geisinger, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Danville, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Background/Purpose: Up to half of patients who transition to adult care are lost to follow up within 2 years of transfer from pediatric to adult…
Abstract Number: 0317 • ACR Convergence 2025
“No matter how great my doctor is, he hasn’t had a knee replacement, he doesn’t understand all that pain” Program Evaluation of the Moving Well Peer Coach Intervention for Total Knee Replacement
Cara Murphy¹, Sarah Young², Vanessa Madrigal³, Noelia Hernandez⁴, Daniel Garcia⁵, Yuliana Dominguez Paez⁶, Monika Safford³, Iris Navarro-Millan⁷ and Mackenzie Brown⁸, ¹HSS, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, Johnson City, NY, ³Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Weill Cornell, Brooklyn, NY, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, NY, ⁷Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, Poughkeepsie, NY, ⁸Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Background/Purpose: Moving Well was a pre-habilitation peer coach intervention aimed at reducing levels of anxiety, depression, and pain among individuals undergoing total knee replacement (TKR)1.…
Abstract Number: 1934 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analysis of the Determinants of Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Germany: A Mixed-Methods Approach Incorporating Health Insurance Data and Qualitative Interviews with Patients and Physicians
Maria Zacharopoulou¹, thomas Grüter², Heike van de Sand³, Romy Lauer⁴, Marianne Tokic⁵, Jale Basten⁵, Robin Denz⁵, Anastasia Suslow⁶, Andreas Stallmach⁷, Anika Franz⁷, Theresa Oganowski², Ina Otte⁶, Ingo Meyer³, Horst Christian Vollmar⁶, Nina Timmesfeld⁵, Ursula Marschall⁸, Joachim Saam⁸, Kerstin Hellwig² and Uta Kiltz⁹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ³PMV research group, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Cologne, Germany, ⁴Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁵Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ⁶Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine (AM RUB), Medical Faculty, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Jena, Germany, Jena, Germany, ⁸BARMER Institute for Health System Research, Department Medicine and Health Services Research, Wuppertal, Germany, Wuppertal, Germany, ⁹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Adequate immunization is essential for patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMD). Autoimmunity itself and immunotherapy increase the risk of infection independent of…
Abstract Number: 0217 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide for Integrating Patient Reported Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Quality Measures
Catherine Nasrallah¹, Christine Hariz², Shanthini Kasturi³, Wambui Machua⁴, Jinoos Yazdany⁵, Christie Bartels⁶, Kate Chiseri⁷, Starla Blanks⁷, Patti Katz⁸, Cherish Wilson⁹, April Jorge¹⁰, Beth Radtke¹¹, Tom Tack⁷ and Shivani Garg¹², ¹University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco (UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA, ⁵UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁷American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁸UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁹UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹ACR, Atlanta, GA, ¹²University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease that presents unique care challenges. To improve high-quality patient-centered care, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR),…
Abstract Number: 1922 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exploration of patient and clinician perspectives on rehabilitation in contemporary rheumatology care for rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study
Joel Thompson¹, Sharita Thomas², Jason Sharpe³, Kelli Allen⁴, Beth Jonas⁵, Patti Katz⁶ and Louise Thoma⁷, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cary, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, ³Flatiron Health, Durham, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, ⁵University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁷University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) frequently experience functional deficits, disability, and reduced participation in meaningful activities despite improved medical management. Rehabilitation services, including physical…
Abstract Number: 0177 • ACR Convergence 2025
Artificial intelligence in adult and paediatric rheumatology practice and research: pilot results from an international survey
Ana Isabel Rebollo-Gimenez¹, Saverio La bella², Krystel Aouad³, Latika Gupta⁴, Davide Cangelosi⁵, Thomas Högle⁶, Johannes Knitza⁷, Nicolino Ruperto⁸, Vincenzo Venerito⁹, Abdellah El Maghraoui¹⁰, Alessandra Alongi¹¹, Wilson bautista molano¹², Deniz Bayraktar¹³, Thomas Davergne¹⁴, Dzifa Dey¹⁵, Ihsane Hmamouchi¹⁶, Alison Hoens¹⁷, Linda Li¹⁷, Angela Migowa¹⁸, Erin Treemarcki¹⁹, Nelly Ziade²⁰, Tue Kragstrup²¹ and Diego Benavent²², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Gregorio Marañon Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain, ²UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁴School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham; Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester; Francis Crick Institute, London, Birmingham, UK, United Kingdom, ⁵Unità di Bioinformatica Clinica, Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁷Institute for Digital Medicine, University Hospital Gießen-Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, ⁸Université Milano Bicocca and Fondazione IRCSS S. Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Monza and Brianza, Italy, ⁹Univeristy of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy, Bari, Bari, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, ¹¹Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, MILAN, Italy, ¹²University Hospital Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia, ¹³Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University. Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia., Izmir, Turkey, ¹⁴Department of rehabilitation.Team METHODS, CRESS UMR ¹¹⁵³ – University of Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁵Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle bu Teaching Hospital, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana, ¹⁶Health Sciences Research Center (CReSS).Faculty of Medicine, International University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, ¹⁷Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁸Aga Khan University Medical College East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, ¹⁹Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Saint-Joseph University and Hotel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, ²¹Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University & Rheumatology Sector, Medical Diagnostic Center, Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Silkeborg, Aarhus C, Denmark, ²²Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming rheumatology care, with innovative tools now empowering physicians and health professionals (HPRs). Our survey examines how adult and pediatric…
Abstract Number: 1626 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Delphi Exercise Informing the Development of Criteria to Measure Response to Treatment in Giant Cell Arteritis
Medha Soowamber¹, Milena Bond², Catalina Sanchez Alvarez³, Carol Langford⁴, Sibel Aydin⁵, FRANK BUTTGEREIT⁶, Dario Camellino⁷, Maria Cid⁸, Peter Grayson⁹, Bernhard Hellmich¹⁰, Tanaz Kermani¹¹, Nader Khalidi¹², Sarah Mackie¹³, Alfred Mahr¹⁴, Eric L Matteson³, Mehrdad Maz¹⁵, Peter Merkel¹⁶, Paul Monach¹⁷, Lorna Neill¹⁸, Cristina Ponte¹⁹, Carlo Salvarani²⁰, Wolfgang Schmidt²¹, Peter Villiger²², Kenneth Warrington²³, Christian Dejaco²⁴, Sofia Ramiro²⁵ and Zahi Touma²⁶, ¹Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²South Tyrol Health Trust and Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ³Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷"La Colletta" hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale ³ Genovese, Arenzano, Italy, ⁸Department of Autoimmune Diseases (member of European Reference Network RITA), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, ⁹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Pulmonology, Nephrology and Diabetology, Medius Kliniken Kirchheim/Teck, University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Kirchheim-Teck, Germany, ¹¹David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Department of Medicine, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada, ¹³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Klinik für Rheumatologie, Kantonspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, ¹⁵The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ¹⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁸Patient Charity Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Scotland, Nethy Bridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Unidade Local de Saúde de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁰Unit of Rheumatology, Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; Waldfriede Hospital, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ²²Medical Center Monbijou, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Bern, Switzerland, ²³Mayo Clinic, ROCHESTER, MN, ²⁴Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ²⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic landscape of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is growing rapidly but there are currently no internationally standardized criteria for assessing response to treatment…
Abstract Number: 1494 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparing Childhood-Onset Versus Adult-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Young Adults’ Lived Employment Experiences
NILOFAR JAHAGHI¹, Michael Golding², Fareha Nishat³, Kaitlyn Merrill², Diane Lacaille⁴, Umut Oguzoglu², Roberta Woodgate², Jennifer Stinson⁵, Christine Peschken⁶, Zahi Touma⁷, Jennifer Protudjer² and Lily Lim⁶, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Young adulthood (18-30 years) is a life stage with many transitions. Young adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus must navigate this period while living with…
Abstract Number: 1294 • ACR Convergence 2025
Implementation of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematous
Kristina Ciaglia¹ and Magan Fosso², ¹UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Pneumococcal vaccination is critical in patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) due to their immunocompromised status and increased susceptibility to serious infections. Despite…
Abstract Number: 1270 • ACR Convergence 2025
Increasing Participation in the FT819 Cell Therapy Trial Amongst People Living with Lupus: A Focus Group Study
Joy Buie¹, Safoah Agyemang¹, Andrew Henry², Andrew BitMansour³, Vaneet Sandhu⁴, Debra Zack⁵ and Michael Fisher¹, ¹Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ²Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, ³Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Carlos, CA, ⁴Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, ⁵Fate Therapeutics, San Diego
Background/Purpose: Clinical trials exploring the safety and efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for lupus are growing. Challenges linked to recruitment for CAR…
Abstract Number: 1107 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigating Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: A Rheumatologist’s Perspective
Carine Moezinia¹, Jan Nouza², Beatrice Hornstein-Lasry², Luai Kawar², Asim Khan² and Jessica Manson², ¹University College London Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom, ²University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO) is defined as a fever above 38.3°C recorded on several occasions, that evades diagnosis for at least 3 weeks.…
Abstract Number: 2166 • ACR Convergence 2024
Nominal Group Technique to Identify What Adolescents with JIA and Parents of Children with JIA Consider When Making Treatment Change Decisions
Melissa Mannion¹, Livie Timmerman², Emily Smitherman¹, Jeffrey Curtis³ and Ronan O'Beirne¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL, ³The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a life-long disease that often requires escalation of therapy to achieve disease control. The goal of this project was…
Abstract Number: 1179 • ACR Convergence 2024
Development of an Optimal Physiotherapy Intervention to Reduce Stiffness Following Knee Joint Replacement
Michelle Hall¹, Fiona Moffatt¹, Ben Smith², Melanie Narayanasamy³, Joanne Stocks¹, Katie Sheehan⁴ and Catherine Sackley³, ¹University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ²University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, England, United Kingdom, ³University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, ⁴Queen Mary University of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Arthrofibrosis is a complication following knee joint replacement due to excessive scar tissue formation. It leads to knee stiffness, restricted range of movement (ROM)…
Abstract Number: 2171 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Qualitative Exploration of Oral Healthcare Needs Amongst Canadian Patients with Rheumatic Diseases and Their Providers
Chrysi Stavropoulou¹, Corrie Billedeau², Jennifer Protudjer¹ and Carol Hitchon¹, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²NA, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RDs) have a high prevalence of oral manifestations and/or oral side effects from immunomodulatory medications. These factors combined with…

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