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292 Fibromyalgianess and Glucocorticoid Persistence Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Beth Wallace, Meriah N. Moore, Andrew C. Heisler, Lutfiyya N. Muhammad, Jing Song, Daniel J. Clauw, Clifton O. Bingham III, Marcy B. Bolster, Wendy Marder, Tuhina Neogi, Alyssa Wohlfahrt, Dorothy D. Dunlop, Yvonne C. Lee
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- Journal of Clinical and Translational Science / Volume 6 / Issue s1 / April 2022
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- 19 April 2022, p. 51
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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Over 30% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) exhibit fibromyalgianess, a symptom cluster associated with increased pain sensitivity. Up to half of RA patients use oral glucocorticoids (GCs) long-term despite their known, dose-dependent toxicity. We examined the association between fibromyalgianess and oral GC persistence in RA patients. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We used data from the Central Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CPIRA) cohort to follow participants with active RA on oral prednisone who initiated a new disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug. We measured fibromyalgianess using the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ), previously shown to correlate with key fibromyalgia features often superimposed upon RA. We stratified fibromyalgianess severity as follows: FSQ<8 low, 8-10 moderate, >10 high/very high. We defined GC persistence as GC use at 3 month followup visit. We assessed the association between baseline fibromyalgianess (exposure) and GC persistence at followup (outcome) using multiple logistic regression, adjusted for demographics, RA duration, serostatus, and inflammatory activity measured by swollen joint count and C reactive protein. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Of 97 participants on prednisone at baseline, 65% were taking prednisone at follow-up. Fifty-seven percent of participants with low baseline fibromyalgianess had persistent GC use, compared to 84% with high or very high fibromyalgianess. After adjustment as outlined above, participants with high/very high baseline fibromyalgianess remained more likely to be on prednisone at follow-up, relative to those with low fibromyalgianess (OR 4.99 [95% CI 1.20 – 20.73]). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: In this cohort of patients with active RA, high fibromyalgianess is associated with persistent GC use, independent of inflammatory activity. This finding suggests non-inflammatory pain related to fibromyalgianess may be misclassified as inflammatory pain related to RA disease activity.
42956 Patterns and impact of long-term glucocorticoid use on RA patients at risk for major adverse cardiac events
- Beth I. Wallace, Yuqing Gao, Punyasha Roul, Shirley Cohen-Mekelberg, Bryant England, Ted Mikuls, Daniel J. Clauw, Rodney Hayward, Akbar K. Waljee
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- Journal of Clinical and Translational Science / Volume 5 / Issue s1 / March 2021
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- 30 March 2021, p. 141
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ABSTRACT IMPACT: Glucocorticoid steroids are commonly used despite known dose-dependent cardiovascular toxicity, yet little is known about a) how patients with other cardiovascular risk factors use glucocorticoids, and b) how risks of glucocorticoid treatment might vary depending on a patient’s baseline cardiovascular risk. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Up to one-third of RA patients use long-term glucocorticoids (GCs) despite a known, dose-dependent association with increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). We aim to evaluate patterns of GC use among RA patients with other MACE risk factors (i.e. diabetes, smoking), and examine how GC use may potentiate these risk factors. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We used claims data from Veterans Health Administration to identify 6,090 RA patients with ≥1 rheumatology clinic visit during 2013-2017. We used logistic regression to evaluate associations between incident MACE between 2013-2018, recent long-term GC use, and 5 MACE risk factors: hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, smoking, and prior MACE. We included two-way interaction terms between GC use and each risk factor. We used a claims-based algorithm to define MACE as any of acute MI, ischemic stroke, TIA, sudden death, or coronary revascularization, between index date and 12/31/2018. We defined index date as first rheumatology visit after meeting RA diagnostic criteria, and recent long-term GC use as ≥90 days’ supply dispensed over 2 years prior to index date. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Among 2,884 eligible patients,1,553 (54%) had MACE risk factors, and 97 (3%) had prior MACE (Table 1). Overall, 16% of patients recently used long-term GC, compared to 17% of patients with MACE risk factors, and 22% of patients with prior MACE. Incident MACE occurred in 308 (11%) patients, 24% of whom had recent long-term GC use. Recent long-term GC use was independently associated with increased incident MACE (Table 2). While no interaction term was statistically significant overall, differences in odds of incident MACE were seen across levels of recent GC use for several risk factors, particularly diabetes (OR 2.10, 95% CI [0.93-4.77]), tobacco use (OR 2.88, 95% CI [1.16-7.14]) and prior MACE (OR 2.41, 95% CI [0.73-7.95]). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS: Long-term GC use is common among RA patients with MACE risk factors. In this cohort, 25% of patients with incident MACE had recently used long-term GC. Long-term GC use may potentiate effects of comorbidities like diabetes and smoking, disproportionately increasing MACE risk in certain patients.
Do Experts Understand Performance Measures? A Mixed-Methods Study of Infection Preventionists
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- Sushant Govindan, Beth Wallace, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Vineet Chopra
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- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 39 / Issue 1 / January 2018
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Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite a nationwide decline in CLABSI rates, individual hospital success in preventing CLABSI is variable. Difficulty in interpreting and applying complex CLABSI metrics may explain this problem. Therefore, we assessed expert interpretation of CLABSI quality data. DESIGN. Cross-sectional survey PARTICIPANTS. Members of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN) METHODS. We administered a 10-item test of CLABSI data comprehension. The primary outcome was percent correct of attempted questions pertaining to the CLABSI data. We also assessed expert perceptions of CLABSI reporting.
RESULTSThe response rate was 51% (n=67).Among experts, the average proportion of correct responses was 73% (95% confidence interval [CI], 69%–77%). Expert performance on unadjusted data was significantly better than risk-adjusted data (86% [95% CI, 81%–90%] vs 65% [95% CI, 60%–70%]; P<.001). Using a scale of 1 to 100 (0, never reliable; 100, always reliable), experts rated the reliability of CLABSI data as 61. Perceived reliability showed a significant inverse relationship with performance (r=–0.28; P=.03), and as interpretation of data improved, perceptions regarding reliability of those data decreased. Experts identified concerns regarding understanding and applying CLABSI definitions as barriers to care.
CONCLUSIONSSignificant variability in the interpretation of CLABSI data exists among experts. This finding is likely related to data complexity, particularly with respect to risk-adjusted data. Improvements appear necessary in data sharing and public policy efforts to account for this complexity.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:71–76
Understandings and Experiences of Bullying: Impact on Students on the Autism Spectrum*
- Beth Saggers, Marilyn Campbell, Julie Dillon-Wallace, Jill Ashburner, Yoon-Suk Hwang, Suzanne Carrington, Megan Tones
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- Australasian Journal of Special Education / Volume 41 / Issue 2 / December 2017
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- 28 September 2017, pp. 123-140
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In this qualitative study, we explored the perspectives of 10 adolescents with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their experiences of bullying. Through individual semistructured interviews, they were asked to describe their understandings and experiences of bullying. Details of their experiences are described as well as the perceived impact on the students and their schooling. Data analysis revealed a number of common experiences including high rates of traditional bullying and more specifically verbal bullying, with fewer incidents of cyberbullying reported. In support of literature in the area, the results of the study indicate that bullying can be a significant inhibitor, which may prevent students with ASD from taking full advantage of their schooling. Listening to and reflecting on the voices and personal stories of adolescent students with ASD is critically important for developing more supportive approaches to their education and needs. The reports of bullying by students on the autism spectrum emphasises the need for more effective interventions and management strategies to be implemented in a whole-school approach as well as targeted strategies to prevent bullying experiences for this particular population of students.
Bullying Prevalence in Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder*
- Marilyn Campbell, Yoon-Suk Hwang, Chrystal Whiteford, Julie Dillon-Wallace, Jill Ashburner, Beth Saggers, Suzanne Carrington
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- Australasian Journal of Special Education / Volume 41 / Issue 2 / December 2017
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All forms of bullying, physical, verbal, social, and cyber, are prevalent among youth worldwide. An especially vulnerable population for involvement in bullying is students with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although there are some studies that have investigated bullying in these students, many of these are beset by methodological issues. We surveyed 104 students with ASD on their bullying experiences in all 4 forms of bullying and examined their roles as victim, perpetrator, and bully-victim, comparing them with a group of typically developing students matched for age and gender. It was found that students with ASD reported significantly more traditional victimisation (physical, verbal, and social) than their typically developing peers. Cyberbullying victimisation was similar for the 2 groups. There were no differences between the groups on traditional bullying perpetration; however, typically developing students reported more cyberbullying perpetration behaviours. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.
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Yee, Viktor Yelensky, Yeo Khiok-Khng, Gustav K. K. Yeung, Angela Yiu, Amos Yong, Yong Ting Jin, You Bin, Youhanna Nessim Youssef, Eliana Yunes, Robert Michael Zaller, Valarie H. Ziegler, Barbara Brown Zikmund, Joyce Ann Zimmerman, Aurora Zlotnik, Zhuo Xinping
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American Labor Law: Its Impact on Working-Class Militancy, 1901–1980
- Michael Wallace, Beth A. Rubin, Brian T. Smith
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- Social Science History / Volume 12 / Issue 1 / Spring 1988
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The creation of legal parameters to structure social relations is a basic feature of modern capitalist society. Law plays a major role in shaping the institutional setting within which conflicts arise, develop, and reach their resolution. Likewise, legislative solutions to pressing social conflicts create new possibilities and strategies for social change. The struggles between capitalists and the working class that have historically marked capitalist economic development constitute a central arena for the legislative restructuring of social relations. Yet, few have systematically studied the role of law in shaping the development of capital-labor relations (for some important exceptions, see Steinberg, 1982; Tomlins, 1985). In this paper, we explore the legal structuring of American working-class militancy in the twentieth century, a prominent dimension of capital-labor relations, but one for which the legislative underpinnings remain unclear.