The importance of patients’ beliefs about biologic therapy in axial spondyloarthritis

In this longitudinal analysis, the beliefs of axSpA patients about treatment varied significantly depending on their perceived treatment benefits and experience with biologic therapy. Furthermore, specific disease manifestations were shown to influence treatment-related beliefs.

Authors

Handan Yarkan Tuğsal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0633-790X)
Sertaç Ecemiş
O. Bayindir Tsechelidis
Dilek Solmaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-526X)
Servet Akar
Gökhan Kabadayi
Elif Durak Ediboğlu
Önay Gerçik

Institutions

Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University (TR)

Publication Details

Journal: Postgraduate Medicine
Published: 2026-01-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2026.2632401
Primary Topic: Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
Type: article
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The importance of patients’ beliefs about biologic therapy in axial spondyloarthritis

Handan Yarkan Tuğsal, Sertaç Ecemiş, O. Bayindir Tsechelidis, Dilek Solmaz et al.

Jan 2, 2026

Postgraduate Medicine

Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments

article

The importance of patients’ beliefs about biologic therapy in axial spondyloarthritis

Handan Yarkan Tuğsal, Sertaç Ecemiş, O. Bayindir Tsechelidis, Dilek Solmaz, Servet Akar, Gökhan Kabadayi, Elif Durak Ediboğlu, Önay Gerçik

January 2, 2026article en

Abstract

In this longitudinal analysis, the beliefs of axSpA patients about treatment varied significantly depending on their perceived treatment benefits and experience with biologic therapy. Furthermore, specific disease manifestations were shown to influence treatment-related beliefs.

Postgraduate MedicineVol. 138(1)

Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University (TR)

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