Review Article
Medication Adherence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Effect of Patient Education, Health Literacy, and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Table 1
Databases accessed displaying search terms employed, results, access limitation, reasons for exclusion and accepted papers dealing with factors affecting medication adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
| Database Search terms | Number of papers identified | Number of full text peer reviewed papers able to be accessed | Reasons for exclusion (number) | Number of papers identified for inclusion ref. number |
| PsycINFO via EBSCO host Rheumatoid arthritis and Compliance and Medication | 23 | 5 | Juvenile population (1) Review paper (1) Not relevant (2) | [34] |
| ProQuest (general) Adherence And rheumatoid arthritis and Relationship | 3099 | 1891 | Already included (1) Review papers (2) Juvenile population (1) Not relevant (1886) | [87] |
| ProQuest (general) Rheumatoid arthritis and Compliance and Medication | 4391 | 2118 | Already included (1) Juvenile population (1) Not relevant (2114) | [27, 28] |
| ProQuest (general) Adherence or compliance and rheumatoid arthritis and Factors or predictors | 10265
| 5486 | Already included (3) Not relevant (5481) | [29, 32] |
| PubMed rheumatoid arthritis and factors and Medication persistence | 48 | 15 | Already included (3) Unrepresentative population (2) Not relevant (9) | [31] |
| PubMed Rheumatoid arthritis and Compliance and Medication | 163 | 138 | Review/meta-analysis (2) Juvenile population (2) Not relevant (133) | [20] |
| PubMed Adherence [or] compliance and rheumatoid arthritis and Factors or predictors | 17 | 9 | Osteoporosis management (1) Not relevant (7) | [30] |
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