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Keiko Maeda1, Kiyoto Kasai, Akira Watanabe
1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
Objective:
This study investigated the relationship between patients' reasoning about medication adherence and neurocognitive and clinical indices for a treatment-compliant sample of Japanese patients with schizophrenia.
Methods:
Subjective reasoning about medication adherence was assessed by the Rating of Medication Influences (ROMI) scale. General intelligence, executive function, and verbal memory were assessed by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, respectively.
Results:
Higher prevention scores were associated with lower executive functioning and older age. Influence of others was associated with years of education, medication dosage, and IQ, and medication affinity was associated with education.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that executive functioning, education, and general IQ may all be important factors in individual motivation for medication adherence.
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