Use of rheumatology-specific patient navigators to understand and reduce barriers to medication adherence: Analysis of qualitative findings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adherence to medications among patients with rheumatic diseases is often suboptimal. Patient navigators, individuals trained in care coordination, motivational interviewing and basic rheumatology and pharmacology, have not been employed to explore and address this issue. We piloted a single-site, single arm intervention to determine the feasibility and acceptability of using rheumatology-specific navigators to understand and reduce barriers to adherence to oral disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). We analyzed our qualitative findings from navigator-patient interactions as well as patient satisfaction with the intervention.

Methods

We recruited patients ≥18 years with a systemic rheumatic disease who initiated an oral DMARD within the prior 6 months. Nav

SUBMITTER: Wohlfahrt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053216 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature