Advances in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Gelaw BK

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• Research Article
  Medication Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia Treated with Antipsychotics at Adama Hospital, East Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State
  Author(s): Mamo ES, Gelaw BK and Tegegne GTMamo ES, Gelaw BK and Tegegne GT
  
  Background: Schizophrenia is a classic psychiatric diagnosis in which patients experience psychotic symptoms for longer than 6 months. Non adherence is a major problem in the treatment of schizophrenia which is significantly associated with treatment out come and is the major cause of relapse in the treatment of schizophrenia. High prevalence, costs associated with it and potentially severe consequences are those cases that made the study of this phenomenon a priority issue. The objective of this study was to evaluate adherence rates to schizophrenic patients. Methods: Cross-sectional method was conducted over 2 month period (March 10th to May 15th) in Adama hospital and patients self-reporting using an interview (focusing on how often regular medication doses were missed altogether, and whether they missed taking their doses o.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1052.1000200

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