title: Medication compliance in a Chinese psychiatric out-patient setting.
abstract: The knowledge and attitudes of 36 psychiatric out-patients regarding medication were investigated by personal interview. Over 80 per cent of the variance of self-report medication compliance was predictable from an array of socio-economic variables and cognitive variables. Compliers and non-compliers differed in their expectancy and prior experience of beneficial effects of the medication, and in their fear of undesirable side-effects and the problem of addiction. Using causal modeling procedures, self-report compliant behaviour was causally linked to favourable attitudes and fear, which in turn were linked to knowledge of name, dose, purpose, and side-effects of the medication and the perceived stigma of the illness. Implications for patient education aimed at improving patient compliance are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002681:China; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs