UNASSIGNED: In @entity309 ( @entity309 ) @entity1 , weekly intake of @entity1499 ( @entity6822 ) is the basic drug treatment. This observational study aims to investigate how many @entity309 @entity1 are adherent in terms of @entity6822 intake and to identify determinants of non-adherence. Intake of @entity6822 (orally or via injection) was recorded in 129 @entity309 @entity1 with an electronic monitoring system (MEMS(  )) during 16  weeks. In addition, two adherence questionnaires, the Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS-5) and the Compliance-Questionnaire-Rheumatology (CQR) as well as a visual analogue scale (VAS) measuring @entity6822 adherence, were administered to these @entity1 . As possible determinants of adherence, data on demographics, disease and treatment characteristics, @entity308 , illness cognitions, motivation, and social support were collected. Of all @entity1 , 58  % were fully adherent and 75  % skipped at most one dose during 16  weeks. A better mental health status and suffering from comorbidities had a positive effect on adherence, while living alone had a negative effect. These three predictors explained 30  % of the variance in @entity6822 adherence. Of the three self-report medication adherence measures, the VAS correlated the highest with the results of the electronic monitoring system (r   =   0.552, p   =   0.01). A relatively high adherence rate was observed in @entity309 @entity1 treated with @entity6822 . The determinants identified by this study could be used to screen @entity1 at risk for non-adherence. A simple VAS scale seems to be an acceptable way for a preliminary screening of @entity6822 adherence.

Determinants of @entity1499 adherence in XXXX @entity1 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity6822 :: ('D008727', 'Chemical') :: ['MTX'] @entity1499 :: ('MESH:D008727', 'Chemical') :: ['methotrexate'] @entity309 :: ('MESH:D001172', 'Disease') :: ['rheumatoid arthritis', 'RA']
@entity309 :: (MESH:D001172,Disease) :: ['rheumatoid arthritis']
