Medication adherence and its determinants among psychiatric patients in an Ethiopian referral hospital

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 1329-1335

  Demoz, Zaid ^a   Legesse, Befikadu ^a   Teklay, Gebrehiwot ^a   Demeke, Birhanu ^a   Eyob, Tewodros ^b   Shewamene, Zewdneh ^c   Abera, Mubarek ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Medication adherence; Psychiatric patients

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESTLESSNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84908131094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S69702     Document Type: Article

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