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Rebecca Schennach-Wolff1, Markus Jäger, Florian Seemüller
1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany. Rebecca.Schennach-Wolff@med.uni-muenchen.de
Background:
Purpose of the present study was to assess the attitude towards adherence at discharge and to verify its predictability using anamnestic and sociodemographic variables, factors influencing clinical treatment as well as the medical treatment applied.
Methods:
Attitude towards adherence was evaluated in 369 inpatients with schizophrenic spectrum disorders within a naturalistic multicenter trial using the Compliance Rating Scale (CRS) by Kemp. Biweekly ratings of the PANSS, UKU and the Subjective Well-being under Neuroleptic Treatment Scale (SWN-K) were applied. Logistic regression and CART analyses were used to determine significant predictor variables for the attitude towards adherence at discharge.
Results:
Sixty-seven percent of the patients were rated to have an attitude of active participation and moderate participation (=positive attitude towards adherence) and 33% of the patients to have an attitude of passive acceptance, occasional or permanent reluctance towards treatment as well as refusing treatment (=negative attitude towards adherence). A significant correlation was found between patients with a positive attitude towards adherence and course of all PANSS subscales. Statistical analyses revealed a reduction in PANSS general psychopathology subscore, employment status, greater illness insight and treatment with atypical antipsychotics to be significantly predictive for a positive attitude towards adherence at discharge.
Conclusions:
The importance of an adequate antipsychotic treatment as a precondition for a favourable adherence attitude and the need to incorporate adherence-focused psychotherapy and psychoeducation into daily clinical practice are highlighted.
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