title: [Medication adherence and use of health services in patients with psychosis in the region of Osona (Catalonia, Spain)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe and analyze sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, medication adherence and use of health resources by country of birth of psychosis diagnosed patients treated with long-term antipsychotic injectable drugs in the region of Osona (Catalonia, Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive observational study in psychosis diagnosed patients over 18 years old, receiving long-term antipsychotic injectable treatment and treated at a Mental Health Center for adults in Vic (Catalonia, Spain).
  
  
  RESULTS
  185 patients were included, of them: 163 (88.1%) were born in Spain and 22 (17.9%) abroad. The sample was gender homogeneous with differences in age, employment status, family situation and diagnosis (p < 0.05). Findings about medication adherence to long-term antipsychotic injectable ambulatory treatment reflected good compliance in both populations. 57.7% of Spain-born patients and 9.1% of abroad-born patients received the injectable treatment at Primary Care Center (p < 0.001). The rest of them received the treatment at Mental Health Center for adults. 22 patients (711.9%) were admitted at psychiatry hospitalization ward, 16 (9.8%) of them were born in Spain and 6 (27.3%) abroad (p = 0.012).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All patients diagnosed with psychosis, either born or not in Spain, describe good adherence to long-term antipsychotic injectable treatment, with similar use of health resources from a quantitative point of view and some differences in the type of visits.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmarola-Ginesta
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chirveches-Pérez
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Puigoriol-Juvanteny
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bleda-García
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villa-Ribas
authors.forename: Francesc Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Arrufat-Nebot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents