Compliance, persistence, costs and quality of life in young patients treated with antipsychotic drugs: Results from the COMETA study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cortesi, Paolo A ^a,b   Mencacci, Claudio ^c   Luigi, Ferrannini ^d   Pirfo, Elvezio ^e   Berto, Patrizia ^f   Sturkenboom, Miriam C J M ^g   Lopes, Fabiana L ^h   Giustra, Maria G ^h   Mantovani, Lorenzo G ^b,i   Scalone, Luciana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CHARTA Foundation   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d ASL 3 Genovese   (Italy)

^e Mental Health Department G Maccacaro   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Janssen Cilag SpA Italia   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Medication compliance; Persistence; Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ATTITUDE INVENTORY SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84875136994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-98     Document Type: Article

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