Medication compliance in a Chinese psychiatric out‐patient setting

Bibliographic Data

ID9618635
AuthorsDavid W Chan (0000-0002-6951-3467, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume57
Issue1
Pages81-89
Publication date1984-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8341.1984.tb01585.x
PMID6704340
OpenAlexW2093065142
LanguageEN
Citations received4

The knowledge and attitudes of 36 psychiatric out‐patients regarding medication were investigated by personal interview. Over 80 per cent of the variance of self‐report medication compliance was predictable from an array of socio‐economic variables and cognitive variables. Compliers and non‐compliers differed in their expectancy and prior experience of beneficial effects of the medication, and in their fear of undesirable side‐effects and the problem of addiction. Using causal modelling procedures, self‐report compliant behaviour was causally linked to favourable attitudes and fear, which in turn were linked to knowledge of name, dose, purpose, and side‐effects of the medication and the perceived stigma of the illness. Implications for patient education aimed at improving patient compliance are discussed

Addiction · Cognition · Compliance (psychology) · Expectancy theory · Family medicine · Patient compliance · Psychiatry · Stigma (botany) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology