A mixed methods protocol to investigate medication adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of White British and South Asian origin

Kanta Kumar; Karim Raza; Peter Nightingale; Rob Horne; Karen Shaw; Sheila Greenfield; Paramjit Gill

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001836

A mixed methods protocol to investigate medication adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of White British and South Asian origin

Kanta Kumar, Karim Raza, Peter Nightingale, Rob Horne, Karen Shaw, Sheila Greenfield, Paramjit Gill

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Abstract

Low adherence to medicines is an important issue as up to 40% of patients with chronic diseases do not take their medications as prescribed. This leads to suboptimal clinical benefit. In the context of rheumatoid arthritis, there is a dearth of data on adherence to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs among minority ethnic groups. This study aims to assess the relationship between adherence to medicines and biopsychosocial variables in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of South Asian and White British origin.

Original language	English
Article number	e001836
Journal	BMJ open
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001836
Publication status	Published - 20 Feb 2013

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