title: Treatment compliance among psychiatric outpatients in Kenya.
abstract: One hundred psychiatric outpatients discharged from mental hospital in Kenya were studied to estimate the treatment compliance after 3 months. The relatives and patients were interviewed separately to assess treatment adherence; 55 percent of them had defaulted in their treatment. Various factors were responsible for failure of compliance which included amongst many: unavailability of drugs which appears to be a common factor in Third World countries. Suggestions for better compliance included easily available injectable depot preparations or simple generic psychotropic drugs.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000600:supply & distribution
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs