Depression moderates the associations between beliefs about medicines and medication adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Cross-sectional study

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-356311
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.35631

Brandstetter, Susanne ; Riedelbeck, Gertraud ; Steinmann, Mark ; Loss, Julika ; Ehrenstein, Boris ; Apfelbacher, Christian J.

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Abstract

The necessity-concerns framework' postulates that patients' adherence behaviour is influenced by beliefs about the necessity and the concerns patients have regarding their prescribed medicines. We hypothesized that depression moderates the associations between beliefs about medicines and medication adherence among people with rheumatoid arthritis. Using multivariate logistic regression, we ...