Recruitment characteristics and non-adherence associated factors of fibromyalgia patients in a randomized clinical trial: A retrospective survival analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Fibromyalgia is a complex pain condition that affects mostly women. Given the disease's lack of understanding, patients report poor adherence to medication and mistrust of medical services. This study aims to describe the recruitment characteristics and non-adherence associated factors of fibromyalgia patients to an RCT.

Methods

We performed a retrospective longitudinal analysis with data from our ongoing RCT. We investigated characteristics of subjects recruited, consented, and randomized. Adherence was studied using survival analysis techniques, and its associated factors were identified using Cox proportional hazards regression model.

Results

524 subjects were contacted, 269 were eligible, 61 consented and 40 subjects were randomized. Thirty-eight perc

SUBMITTER: Cardenas-Rojas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609141 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature