Implicit and explicit attitudes towards disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs as possible target for improving medication adherence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to explore the contribution of implicit attitudes and associations towards conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cDMARDs), alongside explicit measures, on medication-taking behaviour and clinical outcomes in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

In this observational study, implicit attitudes (positive-negative) and health-related associations (health-sickness) were measured with Single Category Implicit Association Tests, whereas explicit outcomes were measured with a bipolar evaluative adjective scale and the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire Specific. The primary outcome of this study was medication-taking behaviour subjectively measured by self-report (i.e. validated Compliance Questionnaire on Rheumatology) an

SUBMITTER: van Heuckelum M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716669 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature