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Lauren M Hickling1, Stefanie Kouvaras2, Zaklin Nterian2
1Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK; Unit for Social & Community Psychiatry, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Service Development, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Abstract:
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.
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