Measuring adherence to methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a correlation study between four measurement methods.

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Bouvy, M.L.
dc.contributor.author	Elhendy, Nada
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-28T01:01:29Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-28T01:01:29Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/41977
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
dc.language.iso	EN
dc.subject	Background Methotrexate (MTX) is the cornerstone in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. To date there is no consensus on the best measurement method of adherence to MTX. Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) versus Compliance Questionnaire Rheumatology (CQR), pill count and MTX-polyglutamate (PG) concentrations. Secondary, the correlations between these methods and the Disease Activity Scores of 28 joints
dc.title	Measuring adherence to methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a correlation study between four measurement methods.
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.courseuu	Farmacie
dc.thesis.id	6849