Assessment of adherence to psychotropic medications in a psychiatric unit of district hospital
| Autor: | H. N. Nagesh, M. S. Kishore, B. N. Raveesh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Physiology business.industry Tertiary care hospital 030227 psychiatry Poor adherence 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine District hospital Emergency medicine medicine Mental health care General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Prescribed medications Psychiatry Adverse effect business Drug regimen 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 6:581 |
| ISSN: | 2320-4672 |
| DOI: | 10.5455/njppp.2016.6.0615003072016 |
| Popis: | Background: In mental health care, uncertainty about compliance is a challenging source of variation in the effectiveness of treatment. Aims and Objectives: The main aim of this study to assess the level of patients’ adherence to psychotropic drugs and also to explore factors associated with non-adherence to medication. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted in 156 patients over a period of 3-month at the Psychiatric Department, Tertiary Care Hospital, Mysore. A questionnaire designed for the adherence of treatment was administered to the psychiatric patients, those who were on treatment for ≥3 months. Results: Adherence varied from low adherence (24.4%) through medium (34%) to high adherence (41.7%) among participants. No statistically significant associations were observed between nonadherence and the socio-demographic characteristics of subjects. Recovery from their illness (21.9%), forgetfulness (19.8%), frequency of drug regimen (17.6%), and adverse effects (16.5%) are major reasons for poor adherence. Conclusion: More than half of the psychiatric outpatients were non-adherent to prescribed medications. Strategies to improve adherence are crucial in psychiatric care. |
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