Compliance with depot antipsychotic medication by patients attending outpatient clinics.
Outpatients with schizophrenia often have problems complying with a regimen of oral antipsychotic medications. Use of depot medications improves compliance, but patients' geographic location and access to transportation may affect compliance with a depot regimen. The authors used retrospective chart review to examine whether patients' geographic location and sociodemographic characteristics and characteristics of their medication use were related to compliance with a depot regimen. The subjects were 75 patients attending an urban clinic and 23 patients attending a rural clinic in New York State. Median rates of compliance were 94.7 percent for the urban patients and 96.4 percent for the rural patients, not a significant difference. The only characteristic associated with a decreased compliance rate was a history of substance abuse.
Heyscue
B E
BE
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences in Boston, USA.
Levin
G M
GM
Merrick
J P
JP
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations