TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to Antipsychotic Drug Measured by an Arabic Version of Morisky Scale
AU - Alhalaiqa, Fadwa
AU - Omari, Omar
AU - Wynaden, Dianne
AU - Almusallami, Nisreen
AU - Bashtawy, Mohammed
AU - Morisky, Donald E.
AU - Batiha, Abdul Monim
AU - Alkhawaldeh, Abdullah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - A cross-sectional study (n = 108) was conducted to assess medication adherence levels among people with mental illness in Jordan using the Arabic version of Morisky Medication Adherence Scale. The findings showed a significant negative correlation between patients’ level of adherence, frequency of admissions, and relapses per year and a negative correlation between adherence level and frequency of follow up appointments per month. Nonadherence to antipsychotic medication in Jordan is very high and the reasons for this need to be further explored as nonadherence negatively effects the global burden of disease associated with mental illness, particularly in developing countries.
AB - A cross-sectional study (n = 108) was conducted to assess medication adherence levels among people with mental illness in Jordan using the Arabic version of Morisky Medication Adherence Scale. The findings showed a significant negative correlation between patients’ level of adherence, frequency of admissions, and relapses per year and a negative correlation between adherence level and frequency of follow up appointments per month. Nonadherence to antipsychotic medication in Jordan is very high and the reasons for this need to be further explored as nonadherence negatively effects the global burden of disease associated with mental illness, particularly in developing countries.
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U2 - 10.1080/01612840.2016.1222040
DO - 10.1080/01612840.2016.1222040
M3 - Article
C2 - 27589367
AN - SCOPUS:84984893011
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 37
SP - 975
EP - 982
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
IS - 12
ER -