ReviewRheumatology international2016
Medication adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: why do patients not take what we prescribe?
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of the Mediterranean diet on rheumatoid arthritis prevention and treatment: a systematic review of human prospective studies.Rheumatology international · 2018Pooled it
- A systematic review of the barriers affecting medication adherence in patients with rheumatic diseases.Rheumatology international · 2017Pooled it
- A scoping review of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug nonadherence in rheumatoid arthritis: Measurement, prevalence and implications for clinical practice.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Article
- The association between polypharmacy and disease control in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus: a cohort study.Rheumatology international · 2025Observational
- An Exploratory Study of Factors Associated with Medication Adherence in Chinese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Health literacy and chronic disease: a comparison of somatic and mental illness.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Adherence, Fears, and Beliefs about Biologic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A North African Pilot Study.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2024Article
- Health literacy of rheumatology patients in three clinics in Australia and its association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Remission and Sustained Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis from the United Arab Emirates: A Two-Year Prospective Study.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2023Article
- Practices among General Practitioners in Rheumatoid Arthritis (GEPRA-I): results of a region-wide online survey.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Development of a Digital Health Intervention for Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptom Management in a Biotechnology Industry Context: Protocol for the Application of a Human-Centered Design Framework.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- The relationship between patients' income and education and their access to pharmacological chronic pain management: A scoping review.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2022Article
- Adherence to Subcutaneous Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor Treatment in a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Before and After the Implementation of a Comprehensive Care Model.Biologics : targets & therapy · 2022Article
- Application Effect of Doctor-Nurse-Patient Integration Model Based on Heart Rate Management Strategies in Middle-Aged and Young Outpatients with Hypertension.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- What Are the Preferences of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis for Treatment Modification? A Scoping Review.The patient · 2021Article
- A vaccination update for rheumatologists-SARS-CoV-2, influenza and herpes zoster.International journal of rheumatic diseases · 2021Article
- Ranking facilitators and barriers of medication adherence by patients with inflammatory arthritis: a maximum difference scaling exercise.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Self-Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Mobile Applications.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
- Mining social media data to investigate patient perceptions regarding DMARD pharmacotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease which results in extensive articular and extra-articular morbidity and increased mortality from cardiovascular disease. Despite an increasing range of non-biological and biological disease-modifying agents, poor patient adherence with medication is a significant barrier to effective control of the inflammation associated with RA. This review seeks to identify factors that affect patient adherence with medication, examine the effectiveness of interventions to address this issue and offer practical suggestions to improve medication adherence. The impact of health literacy on medication adherence and the novel role of musculoskeletal ultrasound as an educational intervention will also be discussed.
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