Health beliefs and drug compliance of depressed patients in Kuwait

Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 142-150

  Al Saffar, Nabeel ^b   Deshmukh, Arvind ^a   Eid, Salah ^b   Carter, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antidepressant drugs; Choice of treatment; Compliance; Concordance; Cultural attitudes; Health beliefs; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0041821961     PISSN: 02810662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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