George Karpouzas, MD, on the Factors Affecting RA Medication Adherence

In this podcast, George Karpouzas, MD, talks about his study that evaluated the influence of distinct domains of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, functional limitation, mood disturbance, as well as RA-specific knowledge and patients’ beliefs about medications on treatment adherence. Read the transcript here.

Additional Resource:

• Karpouzas GA, Hernandez E, Ruiz L, Strand V, Ormseth SR. Role of clinical impact, disease-specific knowledge and beliefs about medication on therapeutic adherence in rheumatoid arthritis: an integrative structural equation modeling approach. Paper presented at: American College of Rheumatology 2019; Atlanta, GA; November 8-11, 2019. https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/role-of-clinical-impact-disease-specific-knowledge-and-beliefs-about-medication-on-therapeutic-adherence-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-an-integrative-structural-equation-modeling-approach/

George A. Karpouzas, MD, is a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and chief of rheumatology at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.