Noncompliance to medication in psychiatric patients : a literature review
Mibei, Felix (2013)
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013121821784
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013121821784
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One in four people globally will be affected by mental disorders at some point in their life. Currently approximately 450 million people worldwide suffer from this conditions.
The aim of this project is to produce evidence based knowledge for nursing students and practicing nurses in the specialty of mental health about the reasons of noncompliance to medication in psychiatric patients.
What are the main reasons for noncompliance to medication in psychiatric patients?.
Methods, this research entailed systematic literature review utilizing electronic searches to gather relevant articles to answer the research question. These databases include CINAHL from the Nell portal. The search terms used were antipsychotic medication, compliance, concordance, adherence, psychiatric and mental health. six articles were selected.
Results: side effects, lack of family support, lack of patient to identify the disease, instability and homelessness, and fear of addiction to medication were the main reasons for medication noncompliance.
The aim of this project is to produce evidence based knowledge for nursing students and practicing nurses in the specialty of mental health about the reasons of noncompliance to medication in psychiatric patients.
What are the main reasons for noncompliance to medication in psychiatric patients?.
Methods, this research entailed systematic literature review utilizing electronic searches to gather relevant articles to answer the research question. These databases include CINAHL from the Nell portal. The search terms used were antipsychotic medication, compliance, concordance, adherence, psychiatric and mental health. six articles were selected.
Results: side effects, lack of family support, lack of patient to identify the disease, instability and homelessness, and fear of addiction to medication were the main reasons for medication noncompliance.