Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study
Introduction: Psychiatric disorders are clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndromes that are associated with distress or disability. The global burden of these disorders is increasing because they are considered a stigma in society and this is worsened by medication nonadherence. Ma...
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Psychiatric disorders are clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndromes that are associated with distress or disability. The global burden of these disorders is increasing because they are considered a stigma in society and this is worsened by medication nonadherence. Many studies show that attitudes toward drugs have a direct or indirect impact on psychiatric illness. This study will help to understand the relationship between drug attitude and medication adherence.
Materials and Methods:
A cross-sectional analytical research design was used. Data were collected from 100 patients using nonprobability convenience sampling technique. The Drug Attitude Inventory scale-30 and Medication Adherence Rating Scale were administered. Statistical analysis was performed by employing the statistical package, SPSS version 20. Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Pearson’s Chi-squared test, and Fisher’s exact test were used.
Results:
The majority of patients (85%) had positive drug attitudes with a mean score and a standard deviation (SD) was 10.54 ± 8.722, while 63% of patients adhered to the medications with a mean score and SD was 6.60 ± 1.902. Further, drug attitude was found to be a moderately positive correlation with medication adherence (r = 0.408). Moreover, drug attitude and medication adherence were significantly associated with the age of the patients (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
A positive correlation was noted between drug attitude and medication adherence, suggesting an effective intervention program can be developed to change patients’ attitude toward medications and thus increase their compliance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af5259f379124468a388c2da3da8cb7b2025-01-10T11:10:26ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing2231-15052666-528X2024-12-0121210811410.4103/iopn.iopn_72_23Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical StudyPragya KumariAashish PariharNavratan SutharMamta NebhinaniAsif KhanIntroduction: Psychiatric disorders are clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndromes that are associated with distress or disability. The global burden of these disorders is increasing because they are considered a stigma in society and this is worsened by medication nonadherence. Many studies show that attitudes toward drugs have a direct or indirect impact on psychiatric illness. This study will help to understand the relationship between drug attitude and medication adherence. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional analytical research design was used. Data were collected from 100 patients using nonprobability convenience sampling technique. The Drug Attitude Inventory scale-30 and Medication Adherence Rating Scale were administered. Statistical analysis was performed by employing the statistical package, SPSS version 20. Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Pearson’s Chi-squared test, and Fisher’s exact test were used. Results: The majority of patients (85%) had positive drug attitudes with a mean score and a standard deviation (SD) was 10.54 ± 8.722, while 63% of patients adhered to the medications with a mean score and SD was 6.60 ± 1.902. Further, drug attitude was found to be a moderately positive correlation with medication adherence (r = 0.408). Moreover, drug attitude and medication adherence were significantly associated with the age of the patients (P < 0.05). Conclusion: A positive correlation was noted between drug attitude and medication adherence, suggesting an effective intervention program can be developed to change patients’ attitude toward medications and thus increase their compliance.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/iopn.iopn_72_23drug attitudemedication adherencenonadherencepsychiatric illnessschizophrenia |
| spellingShingle | Pragya Kumari Aashish Parihar Navratan Suthar Mamta Nebhinani Asif Khan Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing drug attitude medication adherence nonadherence psychiatric illness schizophrenia |
| title | Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study |
| title_full | Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study |
| title_fullStr | Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study |
| title_short | Drug Attitude and Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study |
| title_sort | drug attitude and medication adherence among patients with psychiatric illness a cross sectional analytical study |
| topic | drug attitude medication adherence nonadherence psychiatric illness schizophrenia |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/iopn.iopn_72_23 |
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