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