Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Fatma Ilknur Cinar Özlem Sinan Sedat Yilmaz Gülcan Bağçivan Işıl Aydoğan Ayşe Gül Yalçın Emre Tekgöz Muhammet Çınar

Published in: European journal of rheumatology (2020)

This study showed that approximately half of the patients with AS were using 1 CAM method. Furthermore, medication adherence and patients' beliefs about medicines did not have any impact on CAM usage, but the patients' beliefs about medicines affected treatment adherence.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ankylosing spondylitis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
rheumatoid arthritis
type diabetes
patient reported outcomes
systemic lupus erythematosus
skeletal muscle
combination therapy
insulin resistance