Evaluation of the factors interfering with drug treatment compliance among Brazilian patients with schizophrenia Avaliação dos fatores de aderência ao tratamento medicamentoso entre pacientes brasileiros com esquizofrenia

BACKGROUND: Treatment noncompliance among schizophrenic patients is as high as 50%. In order to rate compliance and assess the most significant differences between compliant and noncompliant patients, a Brazilian population of schizophrenic outpatients was followed for one year. METHODS: Fifty outpa...

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Main Authors: Moacyr Alexandro Rosa, Marco Antônio Marcolin, Hélio Elkis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2005-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462005000300005