Cost-related prescription non-adherence and patient-reported outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus: The Michigan Lupus Epidemiology & Surveillance program.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Medication access and adherence play key roles in determining patient outcomes. We investigated whether cost-related non-adherence (CRNA) to prescription medications was associated with worse patient-reported outcomes in a population-based systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) cohort.

Methods

Sociodemographic and prescription data were collected by structured interviews in 2014-2015 from patients meeting SLE criteria in the established Michigan Lupus Epidemiology & Surveillance (MILES) Cohort. We examined the associations between CRNA and potential confounders such as sociodemographics and health insurance coverage, and outcome measures of SLE activity and damage using multivariable linear regression.

Results

462 SLE participants completed the study visit: 430

SUBMITTER: Minhas D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10585710 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature