Association of significant risk perception with the use of complementary and alternative medicine: A cross-sectional study in Hispanic patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

BACKGROUND:Risk perception (RP) describes patient´s judgment of the likelihood of experiencing something unpleasant, and has been associated to the adoption of health behaviors. Current rheumatoid arthritis (RA) guidelines recommend early and intensive treatment, although patients also commonly use...

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Main Authors: Irazú Contreras-Yáñez, Ángel Cabrera-Vanegas, Andrea Robledo-Torres, Claudia Cáceres-Giles, Salvador Valverde-Hernández, Diana Padilla-Ortiz, Guillermo Arturo Guaracha-Basáñez, Virginia Pascual-Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237504