Beliefs about medicines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus: A comparison between patients of South Asian and White British origin

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 690-697

  Kumar, K ^a,b   Gordon, C ^a,b   Toescu, V ^a,b   Buckley, C D ^a,b   Horne, R ^c   Nightingale, P G ^d   Raza, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire; Culture; DMARD; Ethnicity; Medication; Physical health; Quality of life; RA; SLE

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GOLD; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOUTH ASIA; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 42949134790     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken050     Document Type: Article

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