Twelve months of electronic monitoring (MEMS®) in the Swedish COAST-study: A comparison of methods for the measurement of adherence in schizophrenia
Twelve months of electronic monitoring (MEMS®) in the Swedish COAST-study: A comparison of methods for the measurement of adherence in schizophrenia
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DOI:
10.1016/j.euroneuro.2013.11.013
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发表时间:
2014-02-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Waern, Margda
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作者:
Brain, Cecilia;Sameby, Birgitta;Waern, Margda
The primary aim was to compare objective and subjective measures of adherence in a naturalistic cohort of schizophrenia outpatients over 12 months between October 2008 and June 2011. Antipsychotic medication adherence was monitored in 117 outpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like psychosis according to DSM-IV criteria in a naturalistic prospective study. Adherence was determined by the Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS (R)), pill count, plasma levels and patient, staff, psychiatrist and close informant ratings. The plasma level adherence measure reflects adherence to medication and to lab visits. Relationships between MEMS (R) adherence and other measures were expressed as a concordance index and kappa (K). Non-adherence (MEMS (R)