Adherence to medication for the treatment of psychosis : rates and risk factors in an Ethiopian population
Files
(Published version)
Date
2012
Authors
Alene, M.
Wiese, M.D.
Angamo, M.T.
Bajorek, B.V.
Yesuf, E.A.
Wabe, N.T.
Editors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Type:
Journal article
Citation
BMC Clinical Pharmacology, 2012; 12(1):1-9
Statement of Responsibility
Conference Name
Abstract
Medication-taking behavior, specifically non-adherence, is significantly associated with treatment outcome and is a major cause of relapse in the treatment of psychotic disorders. Non-adherence can be multifactorial; however, the rates and associated risk factors in an Ethiopian population have not yet been elucidated. The principal aim of this study was to evaluate adherence rates to antipsychotic medications, and secondarily to identify potential factors associated with non-adherence, among psychotic patients at tertiary care teaching hospital in Southwest Ethiopia.
School/Discipline
Dissertation Note
Provenance
Description
Access Status
Rights
Copyright 2012 Alene et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)