Analysis of Medication Adherence and Its Influencing Factors in Patients with Schizophrenia in the Chinese Institutional Environment

Wei Yu, Jie Tong, Xirong Sun, Fazhan Chen, Jie Zhang, Yu Pei, Tingting Zhang, Jiechun Zhang and Binggen Zhu
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Wei Yu: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Jie Tong: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Xirong Sun: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Fazhan Chen: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Jie Zhang: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Yu Pei: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Tingting Zhang: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Jiechun Zhang: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China
Binggen Zhu: Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 165 Sanlin Road, Shanghai 200124, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-10

Abstract: Background: Factors related to medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia have always been key to the treatment and rehabilitation of these patients. However, the treatment modes in different countries are not the same, and there is no research on the factors influencing medication adherence under different mental health service modes. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore medication adherence and its influencing factors in patients with schizophrenia in the Chinese institutional environment. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia from November 2018 to January 2019. A systematic sampling method was used to select 217 hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia. The Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale (SQLS), and Scale of Social Skills for Psychiatric Inpatients (SSPI) were used to explore medication compliance and its influencing factors in the Chinese institutional environment. Results: The descriptive analysis and ANOVA showed that there were no significant differences in medication adherence when assessed by demographic characteristics such as sex, marital status, and education level ( p > 0.05). A correlation analysis showed that there was no significant correlation between medication adherence and mental symptoms ( p > 0.05) but that there was a positive correlation with self-efficacy, quality of life, and activities of daily living ( p < 0.01). The linear regression analysis showed that self-efficacy, psychosocial factors, symptoms/side effects, and activities of daily living had significant effects on medication adherence (F = 30.210, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Our findings show that the self-efficacy, quality of life, and social function of patients with schizophrenia are important self-factors influencing medication adherence in the Chinese institutional environment.

Keywords: medication adherence; influencing factors; schizophrenia; Chinese; institutional environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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