Posttraumatic stress disorder and nonadherence to medications prescribed for chronic medical conditions: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at increased risk for adverse consequences from comorbid medical conditions. Nonadherence to medications prescribed to treat those comorbid conditions may help explain this increased risk. We sought to determine the association between PTSD and medication nonadherence and whether it varied according to the type of event inducing the PTSD.

Methods

Prospective observational cohort or cross-sectional studies relating PTSD and nonadherence among adults prescribed medications for a chronic medical illness were identified by searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, SCOPUS, and the PILOTS Database and by hand-searching bibliographies from selected articles. Individual estimates of odds ratio

SUBMITTER: Taggart Wasson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6124486 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature