The correlation between four adherence measurements methods in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using methotrexate.

Renske C F HebingNada ElhendyEva H van GeelMilou van HeuckelumMichael T NurmohamedBartholomeus J F van den Bemt

Published in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2023)

Measuring adherence with MEMS is correlated with pill count, whereas other methods were not correlated with MEMS, nor with DAS28. Pill count can be used to estimate adherence to MTX therapy, in case MEMS is not achievable.

Keyphrases

peripheral blood
high dose
disease activity
type diabetes
rheumatoid arthritis
mesenchymal stem cells
low dose
adipose tissue
cell therapy
smoking cessation
replacement therapy