Medication Adherence in Chinese Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Conclusions This is the first time to evaluate demographic, clinical, and psychological related factors for medication adherence in Chinese SLE patients using SLEDAI and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Our study showed that 56.9% of SLE patients were not adherent, and education, SLEDAI, and depression were significantly related to medication adherence in SLE. These findings suggested that it was necessary to pay more attention to medication adherence of SLE patients, especially those with lower level of education, higher score of SLEDAI, and depression by effective intervention to improve SLE patients' adherence, so as to improve their quality of life.
Source: JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research