Abstracts tagged "quality of life"

Abstract Number: 1342 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact of Age on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to Population Controls: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Saskia Truijen¹, Annelies Boonen¹, Sofia Ramiro² and Marloes van Onna¹, ¹Maastricht University Medical Centre+ & Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: As the population ages, rheumatologists will increasingly care for older persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Aging comes with specific challenges of which rheumatologists are…
Abstract Number: 1079 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Community-Level Deprivation Factors are Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Systemic Sclerosis
Sarah Smith¹, Paula Ramos², Dulaney Wilson³, Diane Kamen⁴ and Richard Silver¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem autoimmune disease with heterogeneous manifestations and significant impairment in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). SSc outcomes are shaped…
Abstract Number: 0314 • ACR Convergence 2025
What changes in quality of life can be observed in patients with knee or hip OA prior to total hip or total knee replacement surgery ? data from the KHOALA cohort
Anne-Christine Rat¹, LATOURTE Augustin², Maud Wieczorek³, Jérémie sellam⁴, willy Ngueyon Sime⁵, Jacques Pouchot⁶, Christian Roux⁷, Alain SARAUX⁸, Francis Guillemin⁹ and Joel Coste¹⁰, ¹Caen University hospital, UMR ¹⁰⁷⁵ Caen normandy university, Caen, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France, ³Lausanne Univserty, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁴Saint-Antoine hospital, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, Sorbonne University, Paris, France, ⁵CIC, Epidémiologie Clinique, CHRU-Nancy, Inserm, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France, nNancy, France, ⁶HEGP hospital, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris,, Paris, France, ⁷CHU Nice, Nice, France, ⁸CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁹CHU Nancy, Nancy, France, ¹⁰, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Few studies have examined how the quality of life (QoL) evolves in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) before undergoing total hip or total knee replacement…
Abstract Number: 2553 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Polypharmacy on Treatment Adherence and Its Effect on The Quality of Life in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Egla Samantha Sanchez-Peralta¹, Margarita Isabel Alarcon-Jarquin², Vanessa L. Lopez-Flores², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³ and Diana E. Flores-Alvarado¹, ¹Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Treatment adherence is fundamental for adequate control of rheumatic diseases. Nevertheless, due to the chronic nature of these conditions, polypharmacy can impact treatment adherence,…
Abstract Number: 2065 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pain in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: A Global Study of Patient Experience
Lekshmi Minikumari Rahulan¹, Shounak Ghosh², Manali Sarkar³, Didem Saygin⁴, Karin Lodin⁵, Rima Shrestha⁶, Tulika Chatterjee⁷, Jessica Day⁸, Samuel Shinjo⁹, Sreoshy Saha¹⁰, Lorenzo Cavagna¹¹, Masataka Kuwana¹², Vikas Agarwal¹³ and Latika Gupta¹⁴, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical sciences Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, ³Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ⁴Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Gastro, Dermatology and Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Illinois, United States, Department of Research Services, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Illinois, United States, Illinois, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Illinois, United States, Illinois, ⁸Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁰Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, ¹¹Associate Professor in Rheumatology (Internal Medicine and Thepaeutics),University of Pavia, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, Physician in Chief of Myositis Outpatients Clinic,Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Lombardia,Italy, Lombardia, Italy, ¹²Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹³Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ¹⁴School 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
Background/Purpose: Pain remains a significant yet understudied aspect of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), considerably reducing quality of life despite advancements in immunomodulatory therapies. Information obtained…
Abstract Number: 1327 • ACR Convergence 2025
Systematic Review of Mobility in Rheumatoid Arthritis with Digitally Measured Objective Assessment
Anna fishbein¹, Rachel Lawson², Veleka Allen¹, Xiaozhong Zhang³, Laura Chambre⁴, Stephen Ruhmel¹, Sophie Wilhelm¹, Fredric Marrache⁵, Maria Wiekowski¹, Markus Kohlmann⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Sanofi, Morristown, NJ, ²Sanofi, Earley, United Kingdom, ³Sanofi, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁴Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Sanofi, Gentilly, France, ⁶Sanofi, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are less physically active than the general population, and these activity differences can be measured through digital devices. This…
Abstract Number: 1022 • ACR Convergence 2025
Abuse in Rheumatic Diseases: Associations with Depression, Disability, and Psychosocial Risk Factors
Margarita Isabel Alarcon-Jarquin¹, Egla Samantha Sanchez-Peralta², Maria Eugenia Corral-Trujillo³, Daniela Alejandra Salcedo-Soto⁴, Judith Michelle Ramirez-Alonso⁴, Ana Elena González-Rosales⁵, Juan Daniel Valdez-Cruz⁴, Osmel Adrián Ramirez-Uzcategui⁴, Jesús Gilberto Espinoza-Gámez⁶, Yessica Rubi Reyes-Yepiz¹⁴, Juan Pablo González-Morales⁴, Virginia Pascual-Ramos⁷, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado⁸, Gabriel Figueroa-Parra⁹ and Diana E. Flores-Alvarado², ¹Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Nuevo León, México., Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁴Hospital universitario José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁵Hospital universitario José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁶Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁷Rheumatology Service, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México City, Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁸Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Exposure to a hostile environment may negatively impact disease outcomes in patients with RD, particularly by affecting their mental health and overall quality of…
Abstract Number: 0282 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Meaningfulness and Improvement Thresholds of Myositis Core Set Measures: Association with Patient-Reported Outcomes
Shiri Keret¹, Raisa Lomanto Silva², Irada Choudhuri³, Eugenia Gkiaouraki³, Tanya Chandra³, Nantakarn Pongtarakulpanit³, Shreya Sriram³, Niladri Bhowmick³, Vaidehi Kothari³, Kaushik Sreerama Reddy³, Eaman Alhassan⁴, Anushka Aggarwal⁵, Maha Almackenzie⁶, Siamak Moghadam-Kia⁴, Dana Ascherman⁷, Chester V. Oddis⁷ and Rohit Aggarwal⁸, ¹Bnai Zion Medical Center, Atlit, Israel, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, ⁴University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India, ⁶Medical Cities of the Ministry of the Interior, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁷University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸University of Pittsburgh, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The six myositis core set measures (CSMs) are widely utilized to assess disease activity in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). However, their association with how…
Abstract Number: 2548 • ACR Convergence 2025
Management of Uncontrolled Gout Among Rheumatologists: Findings from a Medical Chart Audit
Hyon K. Choi¹, Nana Kragh², Amod Athavale³, Bhavisha Desai⁴, Amal Gulaid³, Abiola Oladapo⁵, Brittany Smith³ and Kenneth Saag⁶, ¹MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ²Sobi, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, ³Trinity Life Sciences, Waltham, MA, ⁴Sobi, Glastonbury, CT, ⁵Sobi INC, Waltham, MA, ⁶The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled gout (UG) is defined by persistently high sUA levels, despite the use of oral urate lowering treatments (ULT), resulting in gout-related manifestations. Current…
Abstract Number: 1919 • ACR Convergence 2025
Financial insecurity and discrimination are associated with patient-reported quality of life in patients with SLE
Heather Gold¹, Yi Li¹, Peter Izmirly², Jill Buyon¹, Mala Masson³, Amit Saxena¹, H Michael Belmont⁴, Chung-E Tseng⁵ and Rebecca Anthopolos¹, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Health, New York, ⁴NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Flushing, NY
Background/Purpose: Manifestations of SLE are known to affect patient-reported outcome measures (PROs) such as physical function, fatigue, and pain. Other work has suggested economic insecurity…
Abstract Number: 1324 • ACR Convergence 2025
Similar Negative Effects of Fatigue on Physical Activity in Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Controls: A Patient-Control Study
Maartje Cox¹, Kyra Theunissen², Kenneth Meijer², Annick Timmermans³, Sofia Ramiro⁴, Annelies Boonen⁵ and Guy Plasqui², ¹Australian National Phenome Centre - Murdoch University, Booragoon, Western Australia, Australia, ²Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Universiteit Hasselt, Hasselt, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ⁵Maastricht University Medical Centre+ & Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: People with rheumatoid arthritis (pwRA) are prone to fall short of the World Health Organization’s physical activity (PA) recommendations due to perceived fatigue and…
Abstract Number: 0676 • ACR Convergence 2025
Engineered glove for the objective assessment of hand dexterity in patients with systemic sclerosis: correlations with clinical features, nailfold videocapillaroscopy, and high frequency skin ultrasonography
Alberto Sulli¹, Elvis Hysa², Paolo Clini³, Emanuele Gotelli⁴, Tamara Vojinovic⁵, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Ali Jaffal³, Sabrina Paolino¹, Rosanna Campitiello³, Vanessa Smith⁶ and Maurizio Cutolo³, ¹University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ²University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ³University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁴University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, ⁵University of Genoa, Genova, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Hand disability is a major feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc), driven by skin thickening and joint contractures, with significant impact on quality of life.…
Abstract Number: 0083 • ACR Convergence 2025
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pedro Quevedo¹, Javier mora², william garcia², alejandra Solano², juliana Muñoz² and Daniela Lopez², ¹San Rafael Cinic University Hospital, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ²san rafael clinic universtity hospital, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Prevalence of depression in RA patients ranging from 10% to 25%, making it the most common psychiatric disorder in this population. The Plutchik Suicide…
Abstract Number: 2539 • ACR Convergence 2025
Patient-reported outcomes in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica under rheumatology care: baseline data from the ENRICH-PMR cohort
Sebastian E Sattui¹, Amy Mudano², Yujie Su², Sandeep Sodhi³, Fenglong Xie⁴, Iris Navarro-Millan⁵, Robyn Domsic⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research (FASTER), Hoover, AL, ³Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ⁴The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, Poughkeepsie, NY, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Worse health-related quality of life has been reported in individuals with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), yet the factors contributing to this burden – including the…
Abstract Number: 1660 • ACR Convergence 2025
Digital Psychological Support for Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Johannes Knitza¹, Julia Kraus², Martin Krusche³, Isabell Haase³, Philipp Klemm⁴, Axel Hueber⁵, Pfeil Alexander⁶, Ulrich Drott⁷, Sebastian Kuhn⁸ and Jan Philipp Klein⁹, ¹Institute for Digital Medicine, University Hospital Gießen-Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, ²Vila Health, Berlin, Germany, ³Division of Rheumatology and Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Center, JLU Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ⁵Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine III, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany, ⁷Deutsches Endokrinologisches Versorgungszentrum, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁸Institute for Digital Medicine, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany, ⁹Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) frequently experience psychological distress, however access to psychological support remains limited. The aim of this trial (DRKS identifier:…

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM CT on October 25. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].