Missed medication doses in rheumatic arthritis patients: Intentional and unintentional reasons

Open Access

1 March 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatism

Vol. 2 (1) , 3-9
https://doi.org/10.1002/anr.1790020103

Abstract

A survey of 200 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was conducted to identify the kinds and frequencies of intentional and unintentional reasons for missed medication doses. Planned and unplanned changes in usual activity routines accounted for most of the unintentionally missed doses, while side effects attributed to the medication accounted for most of the intentionally missed doses. Patients who did not miss medication doses were different from those who did by tending to have more financial resources and social support available to them.

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