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Quality of life and its relation with treatment compliance among schizophrenic patients

Research Authors
Sharbat Mostafa Mohamed1, Yasser ElSerogy2, Nadia Abd El-Ghany Abd El-Hameed3 & Azaa Mohamed Abd El-Aziz4.
Research Date
Research Department
Research Journal
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Research Member
Research Publisher
Mohamed et al.,
Research Vol
Vol , (9)
Research Website
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Research Year
2021
Research_Pages
No, (24), Supplement March, ,pp (8-17)
Research Abstract

Quality of life (QoL) is often severely impaired in people with schizophrenia, and compliance to antipsychotic medication has been consistently found to be low in these people. Aim of the study to assess quality of life and its relation with treatment compliance among schizophrenic patients. Subjects and Method: A descriptive correlational research design was used in this study. Purposive sample was utilized, consisting of 110 patients who have schizophrenia and accepted to share in this study. Tools of the study include personal data, World Health organization Quality of Life Scale and Medication Adherence Rating Scale. Results: The majority of schizophrenic patients had fair level of quality of life and more than half of them are non adherent with medication. A highly statistically significant difference was found between quality of life and medication adherence. The study Concluded that the majority of schizophrenic patients had fair level of quality of life  and a highly statistically significant relation was found between quality of life and medication adherence (P=0.012(. Recommendation: Further studies are needed to investigate non compliance factors on larger sample size in different settings and different tools.