Factors associated with non-adherence among psychiatric patients at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Pakistan: A questionnaire based cross-sectional study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 432-436

  Taj, Fawad ^a   Tanwir, Mansoor ^b   Aly, Zarmeneh ^b   Khowajah, Ameer Ali ^b   Tariq, Asma ^b   Syed, Fahd Khalid ^b   Waqar, Fahd ^b   Shahzada, Khezar ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48249109622     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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