Tools and Techniques for Patients’ Self-Management of Lupus and Lupus Nephritis

Moderator(s)

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  S. Sam Lim, MD, MPH

  Emory University

Speaker(s)

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  Cristina Drenkard, MD, PhD

  Emory University
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  Irene Blanco, MD

  Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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  Victoria Werth, MD

  University of Pennsylvania

Disease self-management tools and techniques can help patients with lupus and lupus nephritis manage their disease. Studies have shown that health education and social support-based interventions are able to reduce pain and long-term disability in patients with SLE. In addition, patients who perceive that their providers are supportive of self-management strategies are more likely to adopt a proposed technique.

This session will educate participants about patient self-management skills and the behavior changes that improve a patient’s health when a provider offers self-management support. In addition, this session will discuss opportunities to provide self-management support in clinical and non-clinical settings, and share tools created and curated by the ACR and the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) and available to
both patients and providers to help address these needs.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe benefits of self-management to lupus and lupus nephritis patients
• Discover ways to provide self-management support to patients in clinical settings both by direct care providers and ancillary staff
• Use ACR and LFA tools designed to assist in providing self-management support in and outside of clinical settings

Presentations:

• 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM ET

  Lupus Nephritis Self-Management
  Cristina Drenkard, MD, PhD – Emory University
• 11:10 AM – 11:20 AM ET

  Self-Management Considerations for SLE & Lupus Nephritis
  Irene Blanco, MD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• 11:20 AM – 11:30 AM ET

  Fostering Connections: Rheumatologists and Patient Engagement for Self-Management
  Victoria P. Werth, MD – University of Pennsylvania
• 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM ET

  Q&A