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Effect of subjective reasoning and neurocognition on medication adherence for persons with schizophrenia
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posted on 2006-08-01, 00:00 authored by K Maeda, K Kasai, A Watanabe, K Henomatsu, Mark RogersMark Rogers, N KatoObjective: This study investigated the relationship between patients' reasoning about medication adherence and neurocognitive and clinical indices for a treatment-compliant sample of Japanese patients with schizophrenia.
Methods: Subjective reasoning about medication adherence was assessed by the Rating of Medication Influences (ROMI) scale. General intelligence, executive function, and verbal memory were assessed by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, respectively.
Results: Higher prevention scores were associated with lower executive functioning and older age. Influence of others was associated with years of education, medication dosage, and IQ, and medication affinity was associated with education.
Conclusions: These results suggest that executive functioning, education, and general IQ may all be important factors in individual motivation for medication adherence.
Methods: Subjective reasoning about medication adherence was assessed by the Rating of Medication Influences (ROMI) scale. General intelligence, executive function, and verbal memory were assessed by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, respectively.
Results: Higher prevention scores were associated with lower executive functioning and older age. Influence of others was associated with years of education, medication dosage, and IQ, and medication affinity was associated with education.
Conclusions: These results suggest that executive functioning, education, and general IQ may all be important factors in individual motivation for medication adherence.
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Psychiatric servicesVolume
57Issue
8Pagination
1203 - 1205Publisher
American Psychiatric PublishingLocation
Arlington, Va.Publisher DOI
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1075-2730eISSN
1557-9700Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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