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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, …
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Contributors RAP-S and GS-P, conceived the manuscript. RAP-S, GS-P, JAC-dlG, SAT-C, DAG-D and DEF-A drafted and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content.
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