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Abstracts tagged "socioeconomic factors"

  • Abstract Number: 1060 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Demographic Risk Factors, Social Vulnerability Index, and Mortality in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Christine Kim1, Katherine Mitchell2, Changyong Feng1 and Allen Anandarajah3, 1University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2University of Rochester, Rochester, 3University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multi-organ involvement that is characterized by relapses and remissions. Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, age, education…
  • Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Relationships between Neighborhood Disadvantage, Cumulative Social Disadvantage, and JIA Outcomes: A CARRA Registry Study

    William Soulsby1, John Boscardin2, Daniel Horton3, Andrea Knight4, Karine Toupin-April5 and Emily von Scheven2, 1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 3Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 4Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Social determinants of health (SDOH) operate across individual, family, and community levels. We previously demonstrated that cumulative social disadvantage, comprised of individual and family-level…
  • Abstract Number: 1067 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Investigating Barriers to Care through Childhood Opportunity, Social Vulnerability, Area Deprivation, and Distance to Care in Pediatric Localized Scleroderma

    Karen Lin1, Yuhan Ma1, Simrat Morris2 and Kristina Ciaglia3, 1Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, 2UT Southwestern Medical Center and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, 3UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX

    Background/Purpose: Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric localized scleroderma (LS) are common due to the under-recognition at initial presentation. While previous studies on pediatric…
  • Abstract Number: 1705 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Associations Between Social Risk Factors and Acute Care Use Among Patients with Rheumatic Conditions

    Haelynn Gim1, Leah Santacroce2, Rebecca Summit3, Karli Retzel4, Virginia Bills4, Nancy Shadick3, Sara Schoenfeld5 and Candace Feldman2, 1Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, 5Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Adverse social determinants of health, or social risk factors (e.g., housing instability, food insecurity), contribute to disparities in rheumatic disease care and outcomes. Understanding…
  • Abstract Number: 1068 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Association Between Social Determinants of Health Domains and COVID-19-Related Hospitalization in Individuals with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Analysis of National U.S. Data

    Londyn Robinson1, jerrod anzalone2, Jasvinder Singh3, Kaleb Michaud2, Lesley Jackson4, Maria I. ("Maio") Danila5, Dongmei Li6, Rena Patel4 and Namrata Singh7, 1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 4University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 5University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, 6University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 7University of Washington, Bellevue, WA

    Background/Purpose: Although studies have been published on the baseline characteristics of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) with COVID-19 infection, little data exists on how…
  • Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Social Vulnerability Index, Type 2 Lupus Symptoms, and Select Dysregulated Immune Features Identify Stage 2 (Pre-classification) SLE in the Lupus Autoimmunity in Relatives (LAUREL) Follow-up Cohort

    Melissa Munroe1, Zoe Reed2, Joel Guthridge2, Diane Kamen3, Timothy Niewold4, Kendra Young5, Angel Weng5, Emma Wu5, Gary Gilkeson6, Michael Weisman7, Mariko Ishimori7, Daniel Wallace8, John Harley9, David Karp10, Jill Norris11 and Judith James2, 1Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, 2Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 3Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, 4Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, 5Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, 6Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 7Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LOS ANGELES, CA, 8Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, 9US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 10UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 11Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, CO

    Background/Purpose: Socioeconomic environmental factors are associated with SLE disease activity and early mortality and may contribute to disease progression in at-risk populations. Blood relatives (BRs)…
  • Abstract Number: 1077 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Health literacy and work status in people with inflammatory arthritis: a cluster analysis in a national cohort

    Mrinalini Dey1, Sam Norton2, Andrew Cope2, MAYA BUCH3, Richard Osborne4, James Galloway2 and Elena Nikiphorou2, 1Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 3UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, 4La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Work status and employment can be impacted in people with inflammatory arthritis (IA). We aimed to assess the association between health literacy and work…
  • Abstract Number: 1917 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Characterizing the Frequency and Timing of Changes in Patient-Reported Social Risk Factors among Rheumatology Outpatients

    Daphne Lew1, Lauren Seidler2, Patrice Odom3, Amy McQueen3, Jessica Williams4, Seth Eisen5 and Alfred Kim4, 1Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 2Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, 3Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 4Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 5Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

    Background/Purpose: Social risk factors (SRFs) are associated with health outcomes, and patients with chronic conditions often report disproportionately higher rates of SRFs, complicating their disease…
  • 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: 1918 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Vigorous Physical Activity in Patients with SLE Was Not Associated with Disease Activity or Socioeconomic and Social Factors

    Heather Gold1, Yi Li1, Isabella Giunta1, Jill Buyon1, Peter Izmirly2, 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: Physical activity can mitigate cardiovascular disease and depression risk and improve fatigue, physical function, and quality of life in patients with SLE. To facilitate…
  • Abstract Number: 1083 • ACR Convergence 2025

    How Do Social Determinants of Health Differ Across Age and Disability Groups Among Adult Medicare Advantage Enrollees with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?

    Alexjandro Daviano1, Vijay R. Nadipelli2, Yihua Xu1, Karen Worley2, Shireen Haq1, Josephine Ohioma3, Jeffrey J. Ellis2, Brandon T. Suehs1 and S. Sam Lim4, 1Humana Healthcare Research, Inc., Louisville, KY, 2GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA, 3GSK, US Medical Affairs, Philadelphia, PA, 4Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

    Background/Purpose: Management of patients with SLE should consider social determinants of health (SDoH) and their impact on access, treatment, and patient outcomes; however, such a…
  • 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: 1087 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Impact of Neighborhood-Level Social Vulnerability on Disease Severity, Clinical Manifestations, and Early Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Zoe Reed1, Catriona Wagner2, Xana Howard1, Alexandre Cammarata-Mouchtouris1, Study Team ALE06 Clinical1, Wade DeJager3 and Judith James1, 1Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 2Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, 3Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with considerable clinical and molecular heterogeneity. Significant disparities exist in SLE, with minority populations experiencing…
  • Abstract Number: 2066 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Psychosocial Factors Strongly Influence Subjective Well-being in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

    Meera Shah1, Emilia Naseva2, Tsvetelina Velikova3, Tamar Rubinstein4, Manali Sarkar5, Lavanya Mangla6, Oliver Distler7, Ingrid de Groot8, Lisa Christ9, Carlo Vinicio Caballero Uribe10, Ai Lyn Tan11, Abraham Edgar Gracia Ramos12, Vincenzo Venerito13, Vikas Agarwal14 and Latika Gupta15, 1Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Sofia, 15 Acad. Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, 1606 Sofia; Medical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, 3Medical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, 4Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY, 5Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 6Maulana Azad Medical College, 2-Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, New Delhi, India, 7Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, 8The Myositis Association, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 9Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland., Bern, Switzerland, 10Department of Medicine, Hospital Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombi, Barranquilla, Colombia, 11NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, 12Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, National Medical Center “La Raza”, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Av. Jacaranda S/N, Col. La Raza, Del. Azcapotzalco, C.P. 02990 Mexico City, Mexico., Mexico City, Mexico, 13Univeristy of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy, Bari, Bari, Italy, 14Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 15School 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: Traditional clinical measures are well established in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), yet exploration of subjective well-being (SWB) remains limited. SWB assessment facilitates holistic patient…
  • Abstract Number: 0190 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Health literacy and comorbidity burden: a cluster analysis in a national cohort of people with inflammatory arthritis

    Mrinalini Dey1, James Galloway2, Andrew Cope2, MAYA BUCH3, Richard Osborne4, Sam Norton2 and Elena Nikiphorou2, 1Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 3UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, 4La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Health literacy is a social determinant of health in people with chronic diseases, including inflammatory arthritis (IA). We aimed to assess the association between…
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