Abstracts tagged "self-management and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2680 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activation Towards Health Self-Management in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Paul R. Fortin¹, Carolyn Neville², Anne-Sophie Julien³, Murray Rochon⁴, Davy Eng⁵, Christine A. Peschken⁶, Evelyne Vinet⁷, Marie Hudson⁸, Doug Smith⁹, Mark Matsos¹⁰, Janet E. Pope¹¹, Ann E. Clarke¹², Stephanie Keeling¹³, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta¹⁴ and Deborah Da Costa¹⁵, ¹Medicine, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁴Jack Digital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval - Axe maladies infectieuses et immunitaires, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁶RR 149G, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁷Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹²Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹³Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁵Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with fluctuating levels of disease activity. Control of disease activity is associated with better outcomes…
Abstract Number: 790 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Intervention to Improve Quality of Life for African-American Lupus Patients
Edith M. Williams¹, Johnese Bostic², Alyssa Adkins³, Larisa Bruner², Jiajia Zhang², Diane L. Kamen⁴ and Jim Oates⁴, ¹Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, ²University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, ³University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC, ⁴Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: The Intervention to Improve Quality of life for African-AmericaN lupus patients (IQAN) Project is designed to examine whether a uniquely tailored intervention program can…
Abstract Number: 2695 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Benefits of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program in Low-Income African American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results of a Pilot Test
Cristina Drenkard¹, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas², Kirk Easley³, Gaobin Bao⁴, S. Sam Lim⁵ and Teresa J. Brady⁶, ¹Medicine, Div Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Minorities with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at high risk of poor disease outcomes and may face challenges in effectively self-managing multiple health problems.…