Associations Between Patient Characteristics and the Amount of Arthritis Medication Information Patients Receive.
Little is known about factors associated with the receipt of medication information among arthritis patients. This study explores information source receipt and associations between demographic and clinical/patient characteristics and the amount of arthritis medication information patients receive. Adult patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA; n = 328) completed an online cross-sectional survey. Patients reported demographic and clinical/patient characteristics and the amount of arthritis medication information received from 15 information sources. Bivariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were used to investigate whether those characteristics were associated with the amount of medication information patients received. Arthritis patients received the most information from health professionals, followed by printed materials, media sources, and interpersonal sources. Greater receipt of information was associated with greater medication adherence, taking more medications, greater medication-taking concerns, more satisfaction with doctor medication-related support, and Black compared to White race. RA patients reported receiving more information compared to OA patients, and differences were found between RA patients and OA patients in characteristics associated with more information receipt. In conclusion, arthritis patients received the most medication information from professional sources, and both positive (e.g., greater satisfaction with doctor support) and negative (e.g., more medication-taking concerns) characteristics were associated with receiving more medication information.
a Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
Lorie Love
LL
Geryk
a Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
Susan
S
Blalock
b Department of Health Behavior , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
Robert F
RF
DeVellis
c College of Medicine , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , South Carolina , USA.
Kristen
K
Morella
a Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
Delesha Miller
DM
Carpenter
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents
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