Stephanie Rush

TL;DR: It is found that glucocorticoid exposure of ≥10 mg/day is associated with a higher odds of hospitalisation and anti-TNF with a decreased odds ofospitalisation in patients with rheumatic disease.

TL;DR: The effectiveness of CHAMPS II, an inclusive, choice-based physical activity promotion program to increase lifetime physical activity levels of seniors, is examined to find individually tailored programs to encourage lifestyle changes in seniors may be effective and applicable to health care and community settings.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic (b/ts) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and COVID-19 outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

TL;DR: Having been in clinical trials of etanercept clinical trials was associated with higher employment rates in 1999 and a greater number of hours per week of work in that year, suggesting that a randomized trial to establish the relationship between treatment and employment outcomes is now warranted.

TL;DR: Poor initial functional status and declining functional status significantly increased mortality risk among persons with RA and to compare the mortality experience of such persons to that of the US population.