Effects of motivational interviewing-based adherence therapy for schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication is commonly found in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, thus forming a major obstacle to long-term maintenance treatment and contributing to high relapse rates. With limited evidence on the success of interventions in enhancing medication adherence, this controlled trial was designed to test and evaluate the effectiveness of an adherence therapy (AT) for outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, based on a motivational interviewing approach over a six-month follow-up period.

Methods

A single-blind, randomized controlled trial with a repeated-measures, two parallel groups design was conducted in a random sample of 114 participants with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in one community psychiatric nursing

SUBMITTER: Chien WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4469254 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature