Beliefs about medications predict adherence to antidepressants in older adults

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-169

  Fawzi, Waleed ^a   Abdel Mohsen, Mohamed Yousry ^b   Hashem, Abdel Hamid ^b   Moussa, Suaad ^b   Coker, Elizabeth ^c   Wilson, Kenneth C M ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Lenox Hill Neighborhood House   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carers; cognition; compliance; concordance; depression; education; elderly; side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 82055172758     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001049     Document Type: Article

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