Impact of nurse-led medication adherence therapy on bipolar affective disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

Autor: Balikai SI; Department of Psychiatric Nursing, District Hospital, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India., Rentala S; Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (DIMHANS), Dharwad, Karnataka, India., Mudakavi IB; Department of Psychiatric Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India., Nayak RB; Department of Psychiatry, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Perspectives in psychiatric care [Perspect Psychiatr Care] 2022 Oct; Vol. 58 (4), pp. 2676-2686. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 13.
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.13108
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study evaluated the impact of nurse-led medication adherence therapy (MAT) on medication adherence behavior and symptom severity of inpatients with bipolar disorder.
Method: Two arms, single-blind, randomized controlled trial on individuals with bipolar disorder was conducted at inpatient department of mental healthcare setting, India. Eighty-five participants were randomly allocated to MAT group and Treatment as usual group. Standard measures were used to assess medication adherence and symptom severity of both groups at baseline and follow-up time points.
Conclusion: MAT improved medication adherence behavior resulting in marked decrease in symptom severity of participants with bipolar disorders.
Implications for Nursing Practice: Psychiatric nurses can effectively implement MAT for bipolar inpatients, which improves better clinical outcomes, prevent relapse, and readmissions.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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