Medication Adherence and Coping Strategies in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Coping strategies and medication adherence.

Coping strategies	Mean (SD); Min-Max	Adherent; N=63	Not completely adherent; N=75	p-values
Depressive coping	8.46 (3.9); 4-19	8.35 (3.8)	8.58 (4.1)	0.8
Active coping	14.59 (4.5); 5-25	15.57 (4.7)	13.47 (4.1)	0.01
Distracting and self-encouragement	15.27 (4.5); 5-25	16.10 (4.7)	14.37 (4.0)	0.04
Religion and meaning of illness	13.41(3.8); 5-24	13.68 (3.8)	13.11(3.8)	0.21
Denying, dissimulating, wishful thinking	6.79 (3.1); 3-15	6.98 (3.4)	6.58 (2.9)	0.69

Descriptive statistic of coping and association of coping strategies and medical adherence. Values are means (standard-deviation).