Review Article
Medication Adherence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Effect of Patient Education, Health Literacy, and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Table 3
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for identification of relevant papers.
| Selection criteria | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
| Participants | Human Adult American College of Rheumatology criteria for the diagnosis of RA | Animal Under 18 years Gender-specific Geriatric |
| Research design | Experimental Longitudinal | Qualitative Observational Case studies Editorials Cross-sectional Retrospective cohort study |
| Measurement scales | Validated questionnaires Blood assays Records/claims (pharmaceutical/insurance) Event monitoring | Interviews |
| RA-specific medication | Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDS) Biological DMARDS Slow acting antirheumatic drugs (SAARDS) | Analgesics only Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Corticosteroids only |
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