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