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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedIzadi Z, Li J, Evans M
Socioeconomic disparities in functional status in a national sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
This longitudinal study looked at the association of socioeconomic disparities and functional status in a national sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study used a cohort from the American College of Rheumatology’s Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) registry from 2016 to 2018. Analyses included all adult patients with a confirmed RA diagnosis and at least 1 functional status (FS) score documented. The Area Deprivation Index (ADI), a zip code-based indicator of poverty, was used as a proxy for socioeconomic status (SES). The cohort included 83,965 patients, of which 77% were women and 72% were non-Hispanic White. Mean age was 63.4 years. The probability of functional decline was 14.1% in the highest SES quintile and 18.9% in the lowest SES quintile. By all measures FS score was worse at lower SES levels.
AHRQ-funded; HS025638; HS024412.
Citation: Izadi Z, Li J, Evans M .
Socioeconomic disparities in functional status in a national sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
JAMA Netw Open 2021 Aug 2;4(8):e2119400. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.19400..
Keywords: Arthritis, Chronic Conditions, Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, Quality of Life