Abstract
Objective. To test medication adherence using the Compliance-Questionnaire-Rheumatology (CQR).
Methods. Invitation letter and CQR were sent to 240 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Followup CQR was sent 3 months later. Adherence was evaluated using CQR 80% cutoff scores.
Results. Seventy-eight patients who were being treated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs provided full information on the CQR at both points in time. Eleven patients (14.1%) were classified as adherent based on taking compliance (TC), with only 3 patients (3.8%) adherent in regard to correct dosing (CD) [followup: 13 (16.7%) and 3 (3.8%) for TC and CD, respectively]. Nonadherence was not related to disease activity or side effects.
Conclusion. We demonstrated low adherence, suggesting differences between doctors’ records and patients’ practice of antirheumatic drug therapy.
Footnotes
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Supported by the EuroTEAM consortium. This work was performed in (partial) fulfillment of the requirements for obtaining the doctoral degree Dr. med.
- Accepted for publication November 10, 2014.
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