Effect of cholecalciferol on cd3+cd25+ T cells in patients with severe sepsis.

Effect of cholecalciferol on cd3+cd25+ T cells in patients with severe sepsis. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2019 Jan 18;33(1) Authors: Li GH, Ren DH, Yu S, Chen J, Fang K, Li ZH, Cai L, Shi ZL, Zhang JY, Ma JI Abstract Non-adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) may lead to increased disease activity and symptoms, poorer quality of life and increased costs related to the disease treatment. The aim of this study is to determine the level of adherence to the treatment protocols of a chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis in the Albanian population and to investigate the predictors of adherence to medication. This is a single-center cross-sectional study in which included 125 patients diagnosed with RA recruited from the University Hospital "Mother Teresa" in Tirana, Albania from January to December 2013. The study was based on self-reporting by patients through a standard questionnaire divided into two parts. The first part consisted of a face-to-face interview with the patients in the hospital setting and the second part aimed at evaluation of the adherence to the prescribed therapy and was filled in via a telephone interview 4 weeks after the patient's discharge from the hospital (117 patients participated in the second part of the interview). The Morisky Medication Adherence 4-item Scale (MMAS-4) was used to measure patients' self-reported adherence to their med...
Source: Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents - Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Biol Regul Homeost Agents Source Type: research