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Primary Care Screening and Comorbidity Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Ontario, Canada.

Jessica Widdifield1, Noah M Ivers2, Sasha Bernatsky3, Liisa Jaakkimainen4, Claire Bombardier5, J Carter Thorne6, Vandana Ahluwalia7, J Michael Paterson8, Jacqueline Young9, Laura Wing9, Karen Tu10.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Quality measurement for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients has largely focused on care provided by rheumatologists. Our aim was to develop and assess quality measures related to the screening and management of comorbidity in RA patients in primary care.
METHODS: We used the primary care Electronic Medical Record Administrative data Linked Database in Ontario, Canada. We harmonized Canadian general population and RA clinical recommendations to develop and assess screening, process, and outcome measures. For each RA patient, 10 non-RA patients were matched by age and sex. Stratified analyses were performed, comparing patients with RA to those without RA, to assess the performance of quality measures.
RESULTS: We compared 1,405 RA patients to 14,050 matched non-RA patients (72.8% female; mean age 62.5 years). Compared to non-RA patients, RA patients more frequently had influenza (44.9% versus 40.0%) and pneumococcal (40.4% versus 34.1%) vaccinations and bone mineral density testing (67.4% versus 58.1%). Herpes zoster vaccinations were less frequent among RA patients (13.8% versus 19.5%), as was screening for cervical cancer (58.6% versus 64.0%). No significant differences were observed between RA and non-RA patients in screenings for breast (70.7% versus 73.8%) or colorectal (31.7% versus 34.5%) cancers. Only a quarter of RA patients had a comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment. No definitive differences were detected in the management of patients who had co-occurring cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus.
CONCLUSION: For both RA and non-RA patients, compliance with Canadian recommendations for preventive medical services and screening for comorbid conditions in primary care was less than optimal. This indicates key targets for improvement.
© 2016, American College of Rheumatology.

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Year:  2017        PMID: 27998044     DOI: 10.1002/acr.23178

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)        ISSN: 2151-464X            Impact factor:   4.794


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Authors:  Dionicio A Galarza-Delgado; Jose R Azpiri-Lopez; Iris J Colunga-Pedraza; Jesus A Cárdenas-de la Garza; Raymundo Vera-Pineda; Martín Wah-Suárez; Rosa I Arvizu-Rivera; Adrian Martínez-Moreno; Ray E Ramos-Cázares; Francisco J Torres-Quintanilla; Aldo Valdovinos-Bañuelos; Jorge Antonio Esquivel-Valerio; Mario A Garza-Elizondo
Journal:  Rheumatol Int       Date:  2017-07-05       Impact factor: 2.631

2.  Predictors of Influenza Vaccination in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis 2017-2021: Results From the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort.

Authors:  Viviane Ta; Orit Schieir; Marie-France Valois; Ines Colmegna; Carol Hitchon; Louis Bessette; Glen Hazlewood; Carter Thorne; Janet Pope; Gilles Boire; Diane Tin; Edward C Keystone; Vivian P Bykerk; Susan J Bartlett
Journal:  ACR Open Rheumatol       Date:  2022-03-29

3.  The relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:  Zixing Tian; John Mclaughlin; Arpana Verma; Hector Chinoy; Adrian H Heald
Journal:  Cardiovasc Endocrinol Metab       Date:  2021-02-19

4.  An Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) Maintains a Positive Patient Experience While Increasing Capacity in Rheumatology Community Care.

Authors:  Vandana Ahluwalia; Taucha Inrig; Tiffany Larsen; Rachel Shupak; Tripti Papneja; Arthur Karasik; Carol Kennedy; Katie Lundon
Journal:  J Multidiscip Healthc       Date:  2021-06-03

5.  Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an international audit.

Authors:  Anne Grete Semb; Silvia Rollefstad; Eirik Ikdahl; Grunde Wibetoe; Joseph Sexton; Cindy Crowson; Piet van Riel; George Kitas; Ian Graham; Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist; George Athanasios Karpouzas; Elena Myasoedova; Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay; Petros P Sfikakis; Maria G Tektonidou; Argyro Lazarini; Dimitrios Vassilopoulos; Bindee Kuriya; Carol Hitchon; Maria Simona Stoenoiu; Patrick Durez; Virginia Pascual-Ramos; Dionicio Angel Galarza-Delgado; Pompilio Faggiano; Durga Prasanna Misra; Andrew A Borg; Rong Mu; Erkin M Mirrakhimov; Diane Gheta; Karen Douglas; Vikas Agarwal; Svetlana Myasoedova; Lev Krougly; Tatiana Valentinovna Popkova; Alena Tuchyňová; Michal Tomcik; Michal Vrablik; Jiri Lastuvka; Pavel Horak; Helena Kaspar Medkova; Anne M Kerola
Journal:  RMD Open       Date:  2021-07
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