CQUniversity
Browse

File(s) not publicly available

Exploring predictors of medication adherence among inpatients with schizophrenia in Singapore's mental health settings: A non-experimental study

journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-06, 03:41 authored by Xiang Cong Tham, Huiting Xie, Cecilia Mui Lee Chng, Xin Yi Seah, Violeta LopezVioleta Lopez, Piyanee Klainin-Yobas
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Persons with schizophrenia may experience hallucinations, delusions, disorganized behaviours, negative symptoms and disturbance in social functioning (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Schizophrenia consists of a range of features. Patients may display improper affect and delusions and as a result, fear and worry may follow (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Cognitive impairments may occur in individuals and are usually seen through behaviours such as inability to remember and communicate (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Lack of insight is also common among individuals, but it is known as a symptom rather than a coping mechanism, and this symptom is one of the predictors of medication nonadherence (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Individuals may sometimes be aggressive such that it will lead to violence; however, this feature is presented only in the minority (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

History

Volume

32

Issue

4

Start Page

536

End Page

548

Number of Pages

13

eISSN

1532-8228

ISSN

0883-9417

Publisher

Elsevier

Language

en

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

Acceptance Date

2018-02-11

External Author Affiliations

Singapore General Hospital, National University Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore;

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Medium

Print-Electronic

Journal

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Usage metrics

    CQUniversity

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC