Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9899
ISSN: 2155-9899
Irene Blanco
Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Forchheimer 701, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461
Tanzania
Research Article
Increased Education is Associated with Decreased Compliance in an Urban Multi-Ethnic Lupus Cohort
Author(s): Rachel Gross, Jennifer Graybill, Dawn Wahezi, Nicole C. Jordan, Chaim Putterman and Irene Blanco
Rachel Gross, Jennifer Graybill, Dawn Wahezi, Nicole C. Jordan, Chaim Putterman and Irene Blanco
Objectives: To investigate the factors associated with medication compliance in a multi-ethnic population of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in an urban community.
Methods: We surveyed patients in our cohort using the standardized measures of the Compliance- Questionnaire-Rheumatology (CQR), the Beliefs about Medications Questionnaire (BMQ), as well as patient selfreported compliance. Demographic and clinical characteristics of compliant and non-compliant patients underwent bivariate analysis. A multivariate analysis was then performed on variables of interest.
Results: Of the 94 patients who agreed to participate in the survey, 89 fully completed each questionnaire. Overall, 48% of patients were compliant by CQR. In multivariate analyses, higher education level was associated with non-compliance. Spanish-spea.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9899.1000215