Abstracts tagged "socioeconomic factors"

Abstract Number: 2423 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Diagnostic Delays in Pediatric Lupus Patients
Michaela Harter¹, Rebecca Hetrick², James Slaven³ and Martha Rodriguez⁴, ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Zionsville, IN, ³Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, ⁴Riley Hospital For Children At Indiana University, Carmel, IN
Background/Purpose: Early recognition and treatment of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) improves outcomes and prevents disease-related mortality. This study examines the contributions of clinical factors…
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: 0255 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clearing the Smoke: Association Between Cannabis Use and Autoimmune Disease Incidence in a Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Justin Riley Lam¹, Emmanuel Otabor², Laith Alomari², Esteban Kosak Lopez², Maxim Barnett² and Shahrzad Abdollahi³, ¹Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cannabis use has increased substantially in the past decades, with legalization expanding across the U.S. Despite its known therapeutic potential, the immunomodulatory effects of…
Abstract Number: 2323 • ACR Convergence 2025
Short-term predictive factors for the development of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis: findings from a joint consultation between Rheumatology and Dermatology
Mitndbaim Parra¹, Marta Flores², María Ángeles Puche-Larrubia³, Alejandro Escudero Contreras⁴, María Dolores López-Montilla⁵ and Clementina López Medina⁶, ¹¹. Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba/IMIBIC/University of Cordoba., Cordoba, Spain, ²¹. Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba/IMIBIC/University of Cordoba., Spain, Spain, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital, Granada, Spain, ⁴IMIBIC / Reina Sofia Hospital / University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba/IMIBIC/University of Cordoba., CORDOBA, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a chronic rheumatic disease that develops in up to one-third of patients with psoriasis. Identifying predictive factors for PsA in…
Abstract Number: 1218 • ACR Convergence 2025
Social Determinants Shape Health Outcomes in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Insights from Lived Experience of 1,252 Patients
Tsvetelina Velikova¹, Kostadin Kostadinov², Emilia Naseva³, Tamar Rubinstein⁴, Manali Sarkar⁵, Lavanya Mangla⁶, Joanna Makowska⁷, Raphael Micheroli⁸, Leandro ferreryra⁹, Linda Kobert¹⁰, Ioannis Parodis¹¹, Elena Nikiphorou¹², Samuel Shinjo¹³, Carlo Vinicio Caballero Uribe¹⁴, Vincenzo Venerito¹⁵, Vikas Agarwal¹⁶ and Latika Gupta¹⁷, ¹Medical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ²Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Plovdiv; Health and Quality of Life in a Green and Sustainable Environment Research Group, Strategic Research and Innovation Program for the Development of MU- Plovdiv, Medical University of Plovdiv, Environmental Health Division, Research Institute at Medical University of Plovdiv, Medical University of Plovdiv,, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ³Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Sofia, ¹⁵ Acad. Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, ¹⁶⁰⁶ Sofia; Medical 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, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, ⁸University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹HIBA, CABA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰The Myositis Association, Columbia, MD, ¹¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹²King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Hospital Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombi, Barranquilla, Colombia, ¹⁵Univeristy of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy, Bari, Bari, Italy, ¹⁶Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ¹⁷School 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: The impact of social determinants of health (SDoH)—including socioeconomic status, social support, and geographic context—on disease outcomes in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) remains underexplored.…
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…
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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)…

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