Education and treatment adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Response to: 'Adherence to medication in patients with rheumatic diseases during COVID-19 pandemic' by Khabbazi et al

With great interest, we read the study of Dr Khabbazi et al 1 regarding treatment adherence in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in the East Azarbaijan province of Iran. They conducted telephone interviews to 1324 patients and inquired about treatment adherence behaviours during 2 weeks from July 2020. Of the 858 patients included in the final analysis, non-adherence was reported by 6.5% of the patients (defined by the group as ≥20% change in the dose or frequency of medications). In accordance to previous studies,2 …