Adaptation and validation study of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire in psychiatric outpatients in a community mental health setting

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-146

  De Las Cuevas, Carlos ^a,b   Rivero Santana, Amado ^c,d   Perestelo Perez, Lilisbeth ^b,c   Gonzalez Lorenzo, Marien ^c,d   Perez Ramos, Jeanette ^c,d   Sanz, Emilio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Evaluation Unit of the Canary Islands Health Service SESCS   (Spain)

^d Canary Islands Foundation for Health and Research FUNCIS   (Spain)

Author keywords

beliefs; mental disorders; psychiatric medication; questionnaires; validation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELIEFS ABOUT MEDICINES QUESTIONNAIRE; BELIEFS ABOUT MEDICINES QUESTIONNAIRE GENERAL SCALE; BELIEFS ABOUT MEDICINES QUESTIONNAIRE SPECIFIC SCALE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79956281992     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1185     Document Type: Article

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