| Autor: |
Abdel Aziz, Karim, Elamin, Mohammed H., El-Saadouni, Nisrin M., El-Gabry, Dina Aly, Barakat, Mahmoud, Alhayyas, Fatima, Moselhy, Hamdy F. |
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International Journal of Social Psychiatry; Dec2016, Vol. 62 Issue 8, p719-725, 7p |
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Background: Many patients suffering from psychosis are nonadherent to their medications. Nonadherence can range from treatment refusal to irregular use or partial change in daily medication doses. Aim: To investigate whether symptom dimensions, post-discharge care plans and being involved with faith healer affect the adherence to treatment in patients with schizophrenia. Method: A total of 121 patients with schizophrenia were examined 6 weeks post-discharge from the inpatient unit and assessed for full, partial or nonadherence to medication. Results: There was a significant association between family involvement and partial adherence and between community team involvement post-discharge and full adherence to medications. Psycho-education was a predictor for adherence to medications, persecutory delusions and lack of insight predicted partial adherence, while being involved with faith healers predicted nonadherence. Conclusion: Adherence to medications and socio-demographic variables are independent. This study demonstrated that nonadherence or partial adherence to medications is associated with lack of insight and persecutory delusions. Psycho-education could improve the adherence to medication compliances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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