title: Adherence to Psychotropic Medications and Associated Factors in Primary Health Care.
abstract: The study aims were to analyze patients' adherence to psychotropic medications and its association with sociodemographic factors, therapeutic regimen, presence of common mental disorders, and illness factors. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in ten Primary Health Care units in Brazil. The tools were the Measurement of Treatment Adherence Test and the Self Reporting Questionnaire. Nonadherence to psychotropic drugs was 88.9%. There was association between adherence and age and among patients positive for Common Mental Disorders (97.8%). In the multivariate analysis this association was not maintained. Findings indicate strategies are needed to improve medication adherence in the Primary Health Care services. However, no strategy will be effective if patients and their families are not involved in the process.
authors.affiliation: a University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto - WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Inocenti
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Miasso
authors.affiliation: b Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri , Diamantina , Minas Gerais , Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Celso Prado
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Telles Filho
authors.affiliation: a University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto - WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana Longo
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: c Hospital Nossa Senhora da Saúde de Diamantina , Diamantina , Minas Gerais , Brazil.
authors.forename: Assis do Carmo
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pereira Júnior
authors.affiliation: a University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto - WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Kelly Graziani
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Giacchero Vedana
authors.affiliation: d Nursing and Public Health Research , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States of America.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shasanmi
authors.affiliation: a University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto - WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Raphael
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Escobar Gimenes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs