Psychotropic Medication Adherence and Its Associated Factors Among Schizophrenia Patients: Exploring the Consistency of Adherence Scales

Psychotropic Medication Adherence and Its Associated Factors Among Schizophrenia Patients: Exploring the Consistency of Adherence Scales

Background and objectiveNon-adherence to psychotropic medication can aggravate an individual's illness, diminish treatment efficacy, or make patients less responsive to future therapeutic interventions. There are several scales available to measure non-adherence to medications. In this study, w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2023-09, Vol.15 (9), p.e46118-e46118
Hauptverfasser: Ali, Maghzoub M, Taha, Manal M, Ahmed, Anas E, Ali, Suhaila, Baiti, Maisa A, Alhazmi, Atyaf A, Alfaifi, Bushra A, Majrabi, Rania Q, Khormi, Nidaa Q, Hakami, Alyaj A, Alqaari, Rafa A, Alhasani, Raffan A, Abdelwahab, Siddig I
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Consent
Data analysis
Data collection
Drug abuse
Mental disorders
Outpatient care facilities
Patient compliance
Pilot projects
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychotropic drugs
Public Health
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Schizophrenia
Validation studies
Validity
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Zusammenfassung:Background and objectiveNon-adherence to psychotropic medication can aggravate an individual's illness, diminish treatment efficacy, or make patients less responsive to future therapeutic interventions. There are several scales available to measure non-adherence to medications. In this study, we aimed to measure psychotropic medication adherence and its associated factors among schizophrenic outpatients in Saudi Arabia.MethodologyA cross-sectional study was conducted with a view to measuring psychotropic medication adherence and its associated factors. The Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) and the Drug Attitude Inventory-10 (DAI-10) were translated into Arabic, and their internal consistency was measured. The adjusted odds ratios (AOR) were calculated using logistic regression in the IBM SPSS Statistics software version 23 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY).ResultsSpearman's rho correlation indicated a negative association between DAI-10 and MARS scores (r = -0.579; p
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.46118