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Adherence therapy versus routine psychiatric care for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry, ISSN: 1471-244X, Vol: 16, Issue: 1, Page: 42
2016
  • 35
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 200
    Captures
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  • 23
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  • Citations
    35
    • Citation Indexes
      33
    • Policy Citations
      2
      • Policy Citation
        2
  • Captures
    200
  • Social Media
    23
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      23
      • Facebook
        23

Article Description

Background: Current practice guidelines for schizophrenia care recommend that antipsychotic medication is essential for patients' long-term maintenance treatment but their non-adherence to this medication is still a main obstacle to relapse prevention. This study evaluated the effects of a motivational-interviewing-based adherence therapy for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Methods: This randomised controlled trial was conducted with 134 outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders; 67 of them received a six-session adherence therapy (in addition to usual care) and 67 received usual psychiatric care alone. Participants' outcome measures included symptom severity, medication adherence, hospitalisation rates, insight into illness/treatment, and functioning. Results: The adherence therapy group reported significantly greater improvements in symptom severity (p < 0.003), insight into illness/treatment (p < 0.001), functioning (p < 0.005), duration of re-hospitalisations (p < 0.005), and medication adherence (p < 0.005) over 18 months follow-up, when compared with usual care alone. Conclusions: Motivational-interviewing-based adherence therapy can be an effective approach to treatment for people with early stage of schizophrenia who poorly adhere to medication regimen. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01780116 , registration date January 29, 2013.

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