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Uwe B Schirmer1, Tilman Steinert2, Erich Flammer2
1Centre for Psychiatry South-Wuerttemberg, Ravensburg, Germany.
Background:
The long-term course of schizophrenia is often characterized by relapses, induced by poor medication adherence. Early nonadherence after discharge is frequent.
Objective:
To evaluate a skills-based inpatient training program for medication intake.
Methods:
We developed a manual-based inpatient medication training program to be carried out by nurses and focusing on practical skills enabling autonomous intake of medication. Medication adherence was measured by three different methods: pill count, determination of serum levels, and self-assessment by the patient. The raters were blinded.
Results:
Four weeks after discharge, 98% of the patients in the intervention group (N=52) were rated as adherent by pill count versus 76% in the control group (N=50; P<0.01). By measurement of serum level, 88.5% versus 70% were adherent (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
The inpatient medication training program carried out by nurses seems to be an effective intervention for enhancing medication adherence after hospital discharge.
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