Abstracts tagged "non-adherence"

Abstract Number: 1849 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Cost-related Prescription Non-adherence Is Associated with Patient-reported Outcomes of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activity and Damage: The Michigan Lupus Epidemiology & Surveillance (MILES) Cohort
Deeba Minhas¹, Wendy Marder ², Sioban Harlow ³, Hanna Saltzman ³, Afton Hassett ³, Suzanna Zick ³, Lu Wang ³, Kamil Barbour ⁴, Charles Helmick ⁵, Caroline Gordon ⁶, W. Joseph McCune ¹ and Emily Somers ³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁴Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, ⁵Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Population Health, Atlanta, GA, ⁶University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Medication access and adherence play key roles in determining patient outcomes. We investigated whether cost-related non-adherence (CRNA) to prescription medications was associated with worse…
Abstract Number: 2829 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Improving SLE Care by Enhancing Medication Adherence Using a Tailored Clinic Intervention: HCQ-Crosswalk
Shivani Garg¹, Betty Chewning ², Karen Hansen ³, Beth Martin ² and Christie Bartels ¹, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²UW - School of Pharmacy, Madison, Madison, ³UW Madison, Madison
Background/Purpose: Up to 83% of patients with SLE are nonadherent to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) which results in a 36% higher risk of renal failure, and 8-fold…