Medication adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The effect of patient education, health literacy, and musculoskeletal ultrasound

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Joplin, Samantha ^a   Van Der Zwan, Rick ^b   Joshua, Fredrick ^c,d   Wong, Peter K K ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Mid North Coast (NSW)   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84929346572     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/150658     Document Type: Review

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