Psychotropic Medication Refusal: Reasons and Patients′ Perception at a Secure Forensic Psychiatric Treatment Centre
| Autor: | Inam U Haq, Olajide O. Adelugba, Mansfield Mela |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Drug
medicine.medical_specialty nonadherence business.industry Antisocial personality disorder media_common.quotation_subject lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Forensic lcsh:RA1-1270 Demographic profile medicine.disease Psychotropic medication psychiatry Pathology and Forensic Medicine Forensic science Substance abuse Mood Patient perceptions refusal Medicine medication business Psychiatry Law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 12-17 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2349-5014 |
| Popis: | Poor adherence to prescribed medication regimens can undermine the effectiveness of medications. This study was conducted to determine the demographic profile of forensic psychiatric inpatients refusing medications and to identify the reasons for refusal. Data were collected through interviews using a questionnaire including Drug Attitude Inventory-10. Medication refusal was more common among Aboriginals (68%, n = 34) than Caucasians (32%, n = 16) and was highest among the patients 21-30 years of age (44%, n = 22). Antisocial personality disorder and substance use disorder featured prominently among patients refusing medications. The main reasons for medication refusal were inconvenience (34%, n = 17) followed by side effects (22%, n = 11), ineffective medication (20%, n = 10), illness-related (16%, n = 8), and no reasons (8%, n = 6). Antipsychotic medications topped the list of the major classes of medications refused followed by Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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