Reliability and validity of the Medication Adherence Rating Scale in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia from Nigeria
| Autor: | Bawo O. James, Godspower O. Owie, Sunday O Olotu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Iss 0 (2018) Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy v.40 n.2 2018 Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Sociedade de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul instacron:APRGS Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Issue: ahead, Published: 14 MAY 2018 |
| ISSN: | 2238-0019 |
| Popis: | Introduction Assessing adherence in schizophrenia facilitates interventions that optimize outcomes. Adherence rating questionnaires are feasible and non-intrusive; however, no validated measure exists in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the 10-item Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS). Methods This was a cross-sectional study of a cohort of patients with schizophrenia (n=230). A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Scale for the Unawareness of Mental Disorder (SUMD) and the MARS were all administered by an interviewer. Results The MARS demonstrated good reliability (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.76). The scale was reducible to a 3-factor construct (1 – medication adherence behavior, 2 – attitude to taking medications, and 3 – negative side effects and attitude to psychotropics), with significant though weak external validity in relation to psychopathology (p |
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