Determinants of adherence to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in White British and South Asian patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross sectional study

Abstract

Socio-demographic factors were found to explain a small amount of variance in adherence. Illness representations and treatment beliefs were more important in explaining non-adherence to DMARDs. Clinicians managing South Asian patients with RA need to be aware that low adherence may be linked to negative beliefs about medicines and illness representations of RA.