Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication in first-episode psychosis patients

Hickling, Lauren M., Kouvaras, Stefanie, Nterian, Zaklin and Perez-Iglesias, Rocio (2018) Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication in first-episode psychosis patients. Psychiatry Research, 264. pp. 151-154. ISSN 0165-1781

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2025 13:30
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 13:14
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98654
DOI:	10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.002

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