Abstracts tagged "quality of life"

Abstract Number: 1461 • ACR Convergence 2025
Digital Behavioral Therapy Improves Outcome in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis And Persistent Pain: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
David Kiefer¹, Yade Sonkaya², Dietmar Krause³, Markus Voglau⁴, Bernhard Mintrop⁵, Imke Redeker⁶, Xenofon Baraliakos⁷ and Uta Kiltz⁷, ¹Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Private practice of rheumatology, Hattingen, Germany, Herne, Germany, ²Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Elisabeth-Gruppe, Herne, Germany, Essen, Germany, ⁴myself, Oldenburg, Germany, ⁵Private rheumatology practice, Hattingen, Germany, ⁶Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is often associated with persistent pain despite effective anti-inflammatory treatment, substantially impacting patients' quality of life. Digital health applications (DiGAs) provide…
Abstract Number: 1248 • ACR Convergence 2025
Patient and Clinician Perception and Use of Complementary and Alternative (CAM) Medicine for Rheumatic Disease
Ailia Ali¹, Sarah Sun¹, Faryal Shaikh¹, Tamiko Katsumoto², Neha Shah³, Kimberly Trotter¹ and Pankti Reid⁴, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Millbrae, CA, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is increasingly prevalent among patients with rheumatic diseases, yet alignment between patient practices and clinician perspectives remains poorly…
Abstract Number: 0730 • ACR Convergence 2025
Levels of Disease Activity and Their Relationship With Health-Related Quality of Life In ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients: Data from the Almenara Vasculitis Cohort
Victor Pimentel-Quiroz¹, Alvaro Oyarce-Calderón², Allison Figueroa-Sánchez³, Leonor León-Yaurimucha³, Rocío Gamboa-Cárdenas⁴, Zoila Rodríguez-Bellido⁵, Risto Perich-Campos⁶, Graciela Alarcón⁷ and Manuel Ugarte-Gil⁸, ¹Universidad Científica del Sur, San Isidro, Peru, ²Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, San Miguel, Lima, Peru, ³Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ⁴Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ⁵Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, ⁶Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, La Molina, Peru, ⁷The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, ⁸Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru
Background/Purpose: It is known that health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is impaired. Categories of disease activity levels have been…
Abstract Number: 2316 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Meta-Analysis of FSFI Total and Domain Scores
Gabriela Moreira¹, Hemerli De Cinque Almeida Esteves², Nicole Felix³ and Jose Fernando Verztman¹, ¹Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²No current affiliation, Columbus, OH, ³Federal University of Campina Grande, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Beyond musculoskeletal manifestations, there is growing recognition of the systemic and psychosocial burden of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Sexual health is an often-overlooked aspect of…
Abstract Number: 1450 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Novel Digital Therapeutic Axia Improves Disease Activity, Functionality, and Quality of Life in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial (Bechterew-App Trial)
Patrick-Pascal Strunz¹, Tobias Heusinger², Maxime Le Maire², Anna Fleischer³, Karsten Sebastian Luetkens⁴, Patricia Possler², Michael Gernert¹, Hannah Labinsky⁵, Robert Leppich⁶, Astrid Schmieder⁷, Ludwig Hammel⁸, Billy Sperlich⁹, Matthias Fröhlich¹ and Marc Schmalzing¹⁰, ¹University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Department of Medicine II, Rheumatology/ Immunology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ³University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Department of Medicine II, Psychosomatics, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁴University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Chair of Software Engineering (Informatik II), Department of Computer Science, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁸Deutsche Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew e. V., Schweinfurt, Germany, ⁹Integrative and Experimental Exercise Science and Training, Institute for Sports Science, Wuerzburg, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Medicine II, Rheumatology/ Immunology,University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Bayern, Germany
Background/Purpose: Axia is a novel digital therapeutic (DTx) specifically designed for patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), in compliance with the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR).…
Abstract Number: 1236 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vestibulocortical Stimulation via Caloric Irrigation in Nociplastic Disease: Therapeutic Effects on Pain, Autonomic Functioning & Quality of Life Measures
Michael Kaplan¹, Alexandra Canori², Rebecca Howard², Talia Torkian³, Rebecca Pietro¹, Gabriela Santiago-Pichardo¹, Daniel Clauw⁴, David Putrino², Yousaf Ali¹, Laura Tabacof² and Trung Ngo⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, ²Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, ³Division of Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount sinai, New York, ⁴Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵RECOVER Injury Research Centre, The University of Queensland and Surgical, Treatment & Rehabilitation Service (STARS), Queensland, Australia
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are prototypical nociplastic disorders marked by centralized pain & fatigue, respectively. Nociplastic symptoms — such as…
Abstract Number: 0415 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact of Social Vulnerability Index Scores in Pediatric Uveitis
Minal Aundhia¹, Pankaj Rajdeo², Michael Wagner¹, Alexandra Duell¹, Megan Quinlan-Waters³, Virginia Miraldi Utz¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han⁴, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease in children with uveitis as the most common extra-articular manifestation. Uveitis can lead to…
Abstract Number: 2308 • ACR Convergence 2025
Physical Function Mediates Most—but Not All—of the Effect of Disease Activity on Health-Related Quality of Life in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A 10-Year Longitudinal Analysis
AUGUSTA ORTOLAN¹, Désirée Van Der Heijde², Laure Gossec³ and Sofia Ramiro⁴, ¹Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Sorbonne Universite and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an overarching outcome in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and is considered influenced by disease activity and physical function. However,…
Abstract Number: 1411 • ACR Convergence 2025
Defining Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) with the inclusion of Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease (PsAID) scores rather than Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)
Conor Coyle¹, Sarah Yazji², Sruthi Murthy³, Philip Helliwell⁴, Andra Balanescu⁵, Juan Cañete⁶, Emmanuelle Dernis⁷, Uta Kiltz⁸, Ying Ying Leung⁹, Ana-Maria Orbai¹⁰, PENELOPE PALOMINOS¹¹, Josef Smolen¹², Maarten de Wit¹³, Laure Gossec¹⁴ and Laura Coates¹⁵, ¹Oxford University Hospitals, Reading, United Kingdom, ²South Texas Health System GME Consortium, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Texas, USA, College Station, TX, ³Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY CAROL DAVILA, Bucharest, Romania, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Le Mans Central Hospital, Le Mans, France, LE MANS, France, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Hospital Lifeplus Litoral Norte, Xangri-lá, Brazil, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine ³, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ¹³Patient Research Partner, Stichting Tools, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Sorbonne Universite and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Treat to target management is recommended in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) to improve disease control and patient quality of life. Minimal disease activity (MDA) criteria…
Abstract Number: 1230 • ACR Convergence 2025
Chronic pain phenotypes in older adults: Identifying patterns of musculoskeletal pain and associated burden
Gillian Fennell¹, Sarah Tilley², Sayali Dhamne³, Robert Edwards⁴, Mary Gheller³, Angelo Demalia³, Margaret Clancy³, Michael LaValley⁵, Emelia J Benjamin³ and Tuhina Neogi⁶, ¹Boston University Medical, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Somerville, MA, ³Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over a third of older Americans experience chronic pain, typically occupying multiple musculoskeletal body sites. While number of pain sites (NPS) is often touted…
Abstract Number: 0394 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of quality of Life in a longitudinal cohort of patients with Uveitis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and JIA-associated uveitis
andressa Guariento Ferreira Alves¹, Amy Cassedy², Virginia Miraldi Utz³, Alexandra Duell³, Megan Quinlan-Waters⁴, Nicole Reitz⁵, Sheila Angeles-Han⁶ and Melissa Lerman⁷, ¹The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Cincinnati Children's hospital medical center, cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ⁵Department of Mental Health, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Uveitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and JIA-associated uveitis (JIA-U) greatly influence children's quality of life (QOL). Our aim is to identify demographic, disease, and…
Abstract Number: 2305 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits Among Patients with Psoriatic Disease: Insights from the Forward Psoriasis Registry
Alexis Ogdie¹, Ellen Romich², Brian Coburn³, Rebecca Schumacher⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Wilmington, DE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Media, PA, ³Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are at increased risk for metabolic comorbidities and poorer long-term outcomes compared to the general population. Identifying…
Abstract Number: 1402 • ACR Convergence 2025
Understanding Fatigue Through Patients’ Eyes: Development of a Novel Questionnaire Capturing the Complexity of Real-Life Fatigue in Sjögren’s Disease
Saviana Gandolfo¹, Flavia Riccio², Mariachiara Visconti³, Corrado Parlati³, Nicola Della Rossa⁴, Enrico Tirri⁵ and Francesco Ciccia³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Ospedale del mare, Naples, Naples, Naples, Italy, ²Rheumatology Section, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Napoli, Italy, ³Rheumatology Section, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Naples, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Section, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Naples, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Ospedale del mare, Naples, Italy, Naples, Italy
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is one of the most frequent, debilitating and impactful symptoms for patients with Sjögren's Disease (SjD), and one of the most challenging to…
Abstract Number: 1229 • ACR Convergence 2025
Extent versus impact: Sex-specific burden of chronic pain in older adults
Gillian Fennell¹, Sarah Tilley², Sayali Dhamne³, Angelo Demalia³, Margaret Clancy³, Mary Gheller³, Robert Edwards⁴, Emelia J Benjamin³ and Tuhina Neogi⁵, ¹Boston University Medical, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Somerville, MA, ³Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over one third of older Americans experience chronic pain, accompanied by age-related increases in pain-related activity interference (i.e., pain burden). While pain extent (i.e.,…
Abstract Number: 0376 • ACR Convergence 2025
An Internet-Delivered, Arthritis-Tailored Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Program for People with Co-Morbid Sleep Disturbance: Comparing Baseline Characteristics of Cannabis Users and Non-Users
Nicole Andersen¹, Diane Lacaille², Josee Savard³, Elham Rahme¹, Paul Fortin⁴ and Deborah Da Costa⁵, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, ⁴Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The use of cannabis among individuals with rheumatologic conditions has gained increasing attention due to potential effects on pain, mood, and overall quality of…

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