Relationship between beliefs about medicines, adherence to treatment, and disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis under subcutaneous anti-TNFα therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), nonadherence to treatment is often related to patients' beliefs and concerns regarding their medication. This study aimed to analyze the correlations regarding patients' medication beliefs, medication adherence, and objective measures of disease activity and safety in patients with RA established on subcutaneous (SC) anti-tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) therapy.

Methods

This Phase IV, noninterventional, non-drug-specific study enrolled patients with RA being treated with stable-dose SC anti-TNFα (adalimumab, etanercept, golimumab, and certolizumab pegol). At initial visit and 6 and 12 months later, patients completed the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire-Specific section, assessing perceptions of personal need for anti

SUBMITTER: Horne R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6021009 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature