Improving beliefs about medication in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: randomised controlled study into the effect of a motivational patient-centered intervention for non-adherent patients compared to usual care controls
Recruiting
- Conditions
- reumatische ziektenrheumatic ailmentRheumatoid arthritis
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON33599
- Lead Sponsor
- Sint Maartenskliniek
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
-RA according to the 1986 ARA criteria for at least 1 year
-Prescription of anti-rheumatic medication (DMARDs)
-Non-adherent (less than 80% adherence) assessed with the Compliance Questionnaire Rheumatology
Exclusion Criteria
-Co-morbidity (physical or psychological) that unables the patient to participate in the intervention
-Illiteracy
-Inability to communicate in Dutch
-Younger than 18 years
-Participation in focusgroups June 2008
-Participation in other studies with significant patient burden
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Beliefs about medication:<br /><br>-Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ)</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method