TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication in first-episode psychosis patients
AU - Hickling, Lauren M.
AU - Kouvaras, Stefanie
AU - Nterian, Zaklin
AU - Perez-Iglesias, Rocio
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - This study evaluated the influence of attitudes and beliefs towards antipsychotics on adherence, and aimed to understand how satisfaction with information impacts adherence in first-episode psychosis. Fifty randomly selected out-patients attending the COAST Early Intervention service completed a survey comprised of the Selwood Compliance Scale, Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire, and the Satisfaction with Information about Medicines Scale. Thirty-four percent of patients reported non-adherence to antipsychotic medication, and they were significantly younger than adherent patients. Adherent patients were more satisfied with medication information than non-adherent patients (65.7% and 34.3% respectively), suggesting that providing better information about antipsychotics may improve adherence.
AB - This study evaluated the influence of attitudes and beliefs towards antipsychotics on adherence, and aimed to understand how satisfaction with information impacts adherence in first-episode psychosis. Fifty randomly selected out-patients attending the COAST Early Intervention service completed a survey comprised of the Selwood Compliance Scale, Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire, and the Satisfaction with Information about Medicines Scale. Thirty-four percent of patients reported non-adherence to antipsychotic medication, and they were significantly younger than adherent patients. Adherent patients were more satisfied with medication information than non-adherent patients (65.7% and 34.3% respectively), suggesting that providing better information about antipsychotics may improve adherence.
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.002
M3 - Article
SN - 0165-1781
VL - 264
SP - 151
EP - 154
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
ER -