Medication adherence and persistence of psoriatic arthritis patients treated with biological therapy in a specialty pharmacy in Brazil: a prospective observational study.
Ana F SouzaMichael Ruberson Ribeiro da SilvaJéssica Barreto Ribeiro Dos SantosAlessandra Maciel AlmeidaFrancisco de Assis AcurcioJuliana Álvares TeodoroPublished in: Pharmacy practice (2021)
Patients with medication adherence and persistence had significant improvements in clinical measures, functionality, and quality of life. High medication adherence and persistence to biological therapy were observed and associated with lesser disease activity at baseline. Also, medication persistence to PsA patients attended in specialty pharmacy was higher than the overall PsA population in Brazil, which indicates the importance of pharmaceutical services to provide health care and promote the effectiveness and safety of biological therapies.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- healthcare
- prostate cancer
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- chronic kidney disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- primary care
- peritoneal dialysis
- radical prostatectomy
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- social media
- affordable care act
- adverse drug
- replacement therapy
- smoking cessation