Barriers and Facilitating Factors of Adherence to Antidepressant Treatments

An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Patients and Psychiatrists

Bibliographic Data

ID15478784
AuthorsBeatriz González de León (0000-0001-5398-104X, Multiprofessional Teaching Unit of Family and Community Care La Laguna-Tenerife Norte, Management of Primary Care of Tenerife, 38320 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain), Analía Abt-Sacks (0000-0001-7153-8586, Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud), Francisco J Acosta (0000-0001-5835-2795, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria), Francisco Javier Acosta Artiles (Department of Mental Health, General Management of Healthcare Programs, Canary Islands Health Service, 35071 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain), Tasmania del Pino‐Sedeño (0000-0003-3843-8975, Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud), Tasmania del Pino-Sedeño (Canary Islands Health Research Institute Foundation, 38320 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain), Vanesa Ramos‐García (0000-0002-9106-2420, Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud), Cristobalina Rodríguez Álvarez (0000-0003-3553-3213, Universidad de La Laguna), Daniel Bejarano‐Quisoboni (0000-0003-2721-2700, Universidad de La Laguna), Daniel Bejarano-Quisoboni (Research Network on Health Services for Chronic Conditions (REDISSEC), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029 Madrid, Spain), María M Trujillo‐Martín (0000-0003-2273-2192, Universidad de La Laguna, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue24
Pages16788-16788
Publication date2022-12-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph192416788
PMID36554679
OpenAlexW4311511485
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited38

This study examines the experiences and expectations of patients with depressive disorders regarding the disease and different antidepressants, as well as examining the barriers and facilitating factors that could affect their adherence to medications. An exploratory qualitative study was carried out. The study involved two focus groups made up of patients and caregivers and six semi-structured interviews with psychiatrists. In both cases, the participants were selected by intentional theoretical sampling, seeking maximum significance variation of social types. Prejudice about the side effects of medication was relevant. The importance of patients being well informed about the disease/treatments was noteworthy. The stigmatization of antidepressants by patients was identified as a barrier to medication adherence. The involvement of family members and the motivation of patients to be actively involved in the process to recover from the disease were identified as facilitating factors. The work carried out suggests the need for patients to have rigorous information about the disease/treatment to reduce the possible prejudices generated by beliefs. Maintaining greater contact and monitoring of patients/caregivers to help therapeutic adherence in patients with depressive disorders was also identified as being of great importance

Affect (linguistics · Antidepressant · Antidepressant medication · Anxiety · Disease · Exploratory research · Focus group · Medication adherence · Prejudice (legal term · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Internal Medicine