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- Title
Trust in the attending rheumatologist, health-related hope and medication adherence among Japanese systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
- Authors
Kurita, Noriaki; Oguro, Nao; Miyawaki, Yoshia; Hidekawa, Chiharu; Sakurai, Natsuki; Ichikawa, Takanori; Ishikawa, Yuichi; Hayashi, Keigo; Shidahara, Kenta; Kishida, Dai; Yoshimi, Ryusuke; Sada, Ken-ei; Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Yajima, Nobuyuki
- Abstract
Objective Poor medication adherence among patients with SLE is a critical problem associated with adverse outcomes. This study examined the relationship between trust in one's physician and goal-oriented thinking, hope and medication adherence among Japanese patients with SLE who were ethnically matched to their physicians. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rheumatology outpatient clinics at five academic centres. Patients with SLE who were prescribed oral medications were included. The main exposures were trust in one's physician measured via the 5-item Japanese version of the Wake Forest Physician Trust Scale and the 18-item Health-related Hope Scale, with each score ranging from 0 to 100 points. Medication adherence was measured using the 12-item Medication Adherence Scale with scores ranging from 5 to 60 points. A general linear model was created after adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic status, disease activity, disease duration, basic health literacy, depression, medication variables, experiencing adverse effects and concerns regarding lupus medications. Results Altogether, 373 patients with SLE were included. The mean age of the patients was 46.4 years; among them, 329 (88.2%) were women. Both trust in one's physician (per 10-point increase: 0.86, 95% CI 0.49, 1.22) and the Health-related Hope score (per 10-point increase: 0.66, 95% CI 0.35, 0.97) were associated with better medication adherence. Conclusions This study demonstrated that patients' health-related hope and trust in their rheumatologist were both associated with better medication adherence in SLE.
- Subjects
JAPAN; ACADEMIC medical centers; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; CROSS-sectional method; RHEUMATOLOGISTS; HOPE; DRUGS; RESEARCH funding; SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus; PATIENT compliance; TRUST
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2023, Vol 62, Issue 6, p2147
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keac565