title: The Relationship Between Treatment Adherence and Social Support in Psychiatric Patients in the East of Turkey.
abstract: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the adherence to treatment and social support in psychiatric patients. The study was completed with a total of 324 psychiatric patients. The data gathering tools used were Demographics Questionnaire, Morisky Medication Adherence Scale and Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The study sample consisted of psychiatric patients who were selected from the population by using the simple random sampling method. Among the patients, 50.9% adhered to the treatment, and 14.5% did not. Patients living in city and country-town, with high income and living with family were found to have more social support. A positive, significant relationship was found among scales (p<0.05). As the mean scores of social support increased, patients' adherence to treatment increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Nursing, the Faculty of Health Sciences, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. Electronic address: rukiye.aylaz@inonu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Rukuye
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aylaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. Electronic address: gulsen.bektas@inonu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Gülsen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kılınç
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey