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- Title
Barriers to Adherence in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Multicenter Collaborative Experience and Preliminary Results.
- Authors
Favier, Leslie A.; Taylor, Janalee; Rich, Kristin Loiselle; Jones, Karla B.; Vora, Sheetal S.; Harris, Julia G.; Gottlieb, Beth S.; Robbinsa, Lisa; Lai, Jamie T.; Lee, Tzielan; Kohlheim, Melanie; Gill, Jennifer; Bouslaugh, Laura; Angela Young; Griffin, Nancy; Morgan, Esi M.; Modi, Avani C.; Loiselle Rich, Kristin; Robbins, Lisa; Young, Angela
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Nonadherence is currently an underrecognized and potentially modifiable obstacle to care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The purpose of our study was to design and implement a standardized approach to identifying adherence barriers for youth with JIA across 7 pediatric rheumatology clinics through the Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN) and to assess the frequency of adherence barriers in patients and their caregivers across treatment modalities.<bold>Methods: </bold>An iterative process using coproduction among parents and providers of patients with JIA was used to design the Barriers Assessment Tool to screen for adherence barriers across 4 treatment modalities (i.e., oral medications, injectable medications, infusions, and physical/occupational therapy). This tool was implemented in 7 rheumatology clinics across the United States and patient responses were collected for analysis.<bold>Results: </bold>Data were collected from 578 parents and 99 patients (n = 44 parent-child dyads). Seventy-seven percent (n = 444) of caregivers and 70% (n = 69) of patients reported at least 1 adherence barrier across all treatment components. The most commonly reported adherence barriers included worry about future consequences of therapy, pain, forgetting, side effects, and embarrassment related to the therapy. There was no significant difference between endorsement of barriers between parents and adolescents.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Implementing a standardized tool assessing adherence barriers in the JIA population across multiple clinical settings is feasible. Systematic screening sheds light on the factors that make adherence difficult in JIA and identifies targets for future adherence interventions in clinical practice.
- Publication
Journal of Rheumatology, 2018, Vol 45, Issue 5, p690
- ISSN
0315-162X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3899/jrheum.171087