Abstracts tagged "quality of life"

Abstract Number: 1050 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinically Recognized Depression and Mental Health Treatment in a Single Center Cohort of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Marissa Savoie¹, Alexandra Poeschla¹, na lu², Yuqing Zhang³, Marcy Bolster¹, Sara Schoenfeld¹ and Flavia Castelino¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of depression among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is 35-65%1, yet little is known about mental health care utilization in SSc. It…
Abstract Number: 1973 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Activity Limitations, Sleep Disturbance, Pain Sensitivity, Pain Intensity, and Widespread Pain in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Burcu Aydemir¹, Jing Song², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Daniela Grimaldi¹, Kathryn Reid¹, Phyllis Zee¹, Rowland Chang⁴ and Yvonne Lee¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Despite treatment with strong immunosuppressive medications, more than half of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) still report pain. Pain can spread from joint sites…
Abstract Number: 0285 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Upadacitinib in a Global Real-World Setting
Roberto Felice Caporali¹, Jayeshkumar Patel², Oliver Howell³, sander strengholt⁴, Hannah Jones³ and Peter Taylor⁵, ¹University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ²AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ³Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., Abcoude, Netherlands, ⁵University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA), a Janus kinase inhibitor, is a newly approved advanced therapy for patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), thus real-world evidence is lacking.…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2022
Hitting the Target Together: Supporting Shared Decision-Making with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Patients Followed in the Out-Patient Rheumatology Setting at the Hospital for Sick Children
Jo-Anne Marcuz¹, Brian Feldman², Y. Ingrid Goh³, Niina Kim⁴, Piya Lahiry⁵, Deborah Levy², Elizaveta Limenis⁶, Jeanine McColl⁷, Christine O'Brien⁸, Susan Paetkau⁴, Shirley Tse², Kristi Whitney⁸ and Ronald Laxer², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Department of Rehabilitation, The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Department of Rehabilitation, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children with significant morbidity that extends into adulthood. Despite advances in effective…
Abstract Number: 2066 • ACR Convergence 2022
Measuring Sexual Dysfunction as an Indicator of Frailty in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Population
Daniela Marengo-Rodriguez¹, Astrid Hernandez-De La Torre¹, Maria Jose Chavez-Barajas¹, André Fortanell-Meza², Ana Barrera-Vargas², Diego San Agustin-Morales² and Javier Merayo-Chalico³, ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion "Salvador Zubiran", Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE present with greater sexual dysfunction (SxD) than patients with other chronic diseases [1]. These patients tend to be younger compared to…
Abstract Number: 0390 • ACR Convergence 2022
Persistent Post-Covid Symptoms in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Sonia Pastor Navarro¹, Marta Ibáñez Martínez¹, Olga Compán Fernández¹, Belén Miguel Ibáñez¹, Olga Martínez González¹, Cristina Hidalgo Calleja¹, Ana Isabel Turrión Nieves¹, Susana Gómez Castro² and Carlos Montilla Morales¹, ¹Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Background/Purpose: Symptomatic onset long after recovery from the acute phase of COVID-19 infection has been reported by the population. Currently, it is not known how…
Abstract Number: 1336 • ACR Convergence 2022
Productivity Analysis in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Relationship with Quality of Life and Emotional Domain: Preliminary Data from a Monocentric Cohort
Chiara Cardelli¹, Michele Diomedi¹, Simone Barsotti¹, Alessandra Tripoli², Linda Carli¹ and Marta Mosca¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Vecchiano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) are chronic diseases often causing disability in patients, associated with both disease activity and damage accrual. These conditions might reduce…
Abstract Number: 2070 • ACR Convergence 2022
Health-Related Quality of Life Across the Spectrum of Connective Tissue Diseases: A Latent Profile Analysis
Sarah Dyball¹, John Reynolds², Hector Chinoy³, Ariane Herrick¹, Sahena Haque⁴, Ellen Bruce⁵, Sophia Naz⁶, Ben Parker⁷ and Ian N. Bruce⁸, ¹The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³The University of Manchester, Sale, United Kingdom, ⁴Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Kellgren Centre for Rheumatology, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Poor health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) is well recognised within patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD). We hypothesised that subgroups of patients across the…
Abstract Number: 0395 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Does Body Mass Index Affect Secukinumab Treatment Outcomes and Safety in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis? – Real World Data from a German Observational Study
Uta Kiltz¹, Jan Brandt-Juergens², Peter Kästner³, Elke Riechers⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵, Christina Budden⁵ and Hans-Peter Tony⁶, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ³Ambulantes Rheumazentrum, Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum, Erfurt, Germany, ⁴Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Medizinische Klinik II - Rheumatologie/Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: There is a higher prevalence of obesity in patients (pts) with psoriatic disease1. The German non-interventional study AQUILA provides real-world data on the influence…
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: 2094 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Adults with Juvenile- and Adult-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from a Multiethnic US Cohort (LUMINA)
R. Ezequiel Borgia¹, Manuel Ugarte-Gil², Luis Vilá³, John Reveille⁴, Gerald McGwin⁵ and Graciela Alarcón⁶, ¹UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, ²Universidad Cientifica del Sur/Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen. EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ³University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, ⁴University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland
Background/Purpose: To examine and compare baseline predictors of improvement in HRQoL in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with disease onset occurring before age 24…
Abstract Number: 0409 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Improves Key Patient Reported Symptoms of Axial Spondyloarthritis Including Spinal Pain and Fatigue: Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
Philip J Mease¹, Atul Deodhar², Maxime Dougados³, Maureen Dubreuil⁴, Marina Magrey⁵, Helena Marzo-Ortega⁶, Martin Rudwaleit⁷, Christine de la Loge⁸, Alicia Ellis⁹, Carmen Fleurinck¹⁰, Marga Oortgiesen¹¹, Vanessa Taieb¹² and Lianne Gensler¹³, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH, ⁶Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ⁸UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Oosterzele, Belgium, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹²UCB Pharma, Colombes, France, ¹³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL-17A. BKZ improved signs and symptoms and reduced disease activity…
Abstract Number: 1345 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is Perceived Stress Associated with COVID-19 or Having a Systemic Rheumatic Disease?
Jonah Levine, Medha Barbhaiya, Vivian Bykerk, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH and Lisa Mandl, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a worldwide mental health crisis. We evaluated perceived stress in patients seeking care for musculoskeletal conditions, and explored associations with…
Abstract Number: 2114 • ACR Convergence 2022
Early Clinical Improvement as Predictor of Long-term Health-Related Quality of Life in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Treated with Guselkumab: Post Hoc Analysis Through 2 Years of a Phase 3 Study
Iain B McInnes¹, Enrique R Soriano², Lai-shan Tam³, Natalie Shiff⁴, May Shawi⁵, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Unit and University Institute, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁶McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with PsA experience lower quality of life than both the general population and pts with psoriasis alone1,2. Recent PsA treatment recommendations highlight…
Abstract Number: 0410 • ACR Convergence 2022
Achieving Increasingly Stringent Clinical Response Criteria & Lower Levels of Disease Activity Is Associated with Greater Improvements in Physical Function & HRQoL in Patients with Active Axial Spondyloarthritis: 16-Week Results from Two Phase 3 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies
Marina Magrey¹, Atul Deodhar², Philip J Mease³, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, Sofia Ramiro⁵, Martin Rudwaleit⁶, Christine de la Loge⁷, Carmen Fleurinck⁸, Vanessa Taieb⁹, Michael Frank Mørup¹⁰, Marga Oortgiesen¹¹ and Jonathan Kay¹², ¹Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ³Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Oosterzele, Belgium, ⁹UCB Pharma, Colombes, France, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Examine the association between achieving increasingly stringent clinical response criteria and lower levels of disease activity, and improvements in physical function and health-related quality…

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