title: Effectiveness of Adherence Therapy for People With Schizophrenia in Turkey: A Controlled Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study used a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group and follow-up to determine the efficacy of adherence therapy in patients with schizophrenia in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample of this study consisted of patients with schizophrenia (n=30). The Questionnaire Form, Medication Adherence Rating Scale, Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, and Beck Cognitive Insight Scale were used. The patients were assigned to experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups using the randomization method. The experimental group received adherence therapy in eight sessions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When the scores of the patients in the experimental and control groups were compared at the pretest, posttest, and 3- and 6-months follow ups, a significant difference was only found in the Medication Adherence Rating Scale posttest scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adherence therapy is effective in improving adherence to treatment but is not effective with regard to insight and internalized stigma in patients with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Izmir University, School of Health, Nursing Department, Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: gul.dikec@izmir.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dikec
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing Department, İstanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: ykutlu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kutlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents