Psychotropic medication non-adherence among patients with severe mental disorder attending at Bahir Dar Felege Hiwote Referral hospital, north west Ethiopia, 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Medication non-adherence is a major public health problem that has been called an "invisible epidemic". Globally, non-adherence rates among patients with severe mental illness ranged between 30 and 65%. It greatly increases the risk of illness exacerbation and hospitalizations. However, there is a paucity of studies examining treatment non-adherence and its associated factors among patients with severe mental disorder. Therefore, this study was aimed at determining the magnitude of medication non-adherence and associated factors among patients with severe mental disorder.

Results

A total of 409 study subjects were participated making a response rate of 92%. The overall prevalence of medication non-adherence was found to be 55.2% (95%, CI; 49.9%, 60.2%). Study parti

SUBMITTER: Gebeyehu DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390330 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature