Open AccessAdherence to treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Author(s) -
Alejandro Benítez,
Graciela V. Betancur,
A. Estévez,
Ezequiel Klimovsk,
María Julia Papagno,
Jorge Velasco Zamora
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista argentina de reumatología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2362-3675
pISSN - 0327-4411
DOI - 10.47196/rar.v30i1.467
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , observational study , physical therapy , rheumatology , cross sectional study , family medicine , compliance (psychology) , pathology , psychology , social psychology
Objective: this study aims to evaluate the compliance of pharmacological treatment in patients with RA and identify the factors that may affect it. Materials and methods: observational, analytical and cross-sectional study. Surveys were conducted on 176 randomly selected patients from a private center specialized in Rheumatology located in the southern suburbs of the province of Buenos Aires (CER Medical Institute - Quilmes), between September 2015 and July 2016, by telephone by trained non-medical volunteers of the Articular Foundation. The BAM, CQR19 questionnaires were used and the patient’s perception of their degree of adherence to the treatment was investigated, dividing it into two groups: total compliance or partial/no compliance. Sociodemographic data, disease status, treatment, comorbidities and habits were collected.