Social Support and Its Relation with Medication Adherence among Patients with Psychiatric Illness
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
support can positively influence patients’ health outcomes through a number of mechanisms, such as increases in patients’ adherence to medication. So,this study aimed at assessing the relationship between social support and the adherence to treatment in psychiatric patients. A descriptive correlational design was utilized in this study. This study was conducted in Minia hospital for psychiatric medicine and addiction. The sample included all psychiatric inpatient, the total number of them 53 patients. For measuring the variables of the study, there were three tools used in doing this, they are as follows: Personal and clinical data questionnaires, Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Results of this study revealed that, males represent 77.4 % of the sample, and more than half of the sample 50.9% having the diagnosis of schizophrenia. There were statistically significant differences between male and female patients as regards to social support. There were also statistically significant differences between diagnoses with DAI. Among the patients,62.3% didn’t adhere to the treatment, and 37.7% were adherent. There were highly significant positive correlations between DAI score with social support score. The study recommends the importance of collaboration of patients and their relatives with health team members is needed to improve treatment adherence.
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Sabah S. Hassan, Safaa M. Zaki
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