%0 Journal Article
%T Psychiatrists¡¯ awareness of adherence to antipsychotic medication in patients with schizophrenia: results from a survey conducted across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
%A Olivares JM
%A Alptekin K
%A Azorin JM
%A Ca as F
%A Dubois V
%A Emsley R
%A Gorwood P
%A Haddad PM
%A Naber D
%A Papageorgiou G
%A Roca M
%A Thomas P
%A Martinez G
%A Schreiner A
%J Patient Preference and Adherence
%D 2013
%I Dove Medical Press
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S37534
%X ychiatrists¡¯ awareness of adherence to antipsychotic medication in patients with schizophrenia: results from a survey conducted across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Original Research (981) Total Article Views Authors: Olivares JM, Alptekin K, Azorin JM, Ca as F, Dubois V, Emsley R, Gorwood P, Haddad PM, Naber D, Papageorgiou G, Roca M, Thomas P, Martinez G, Schreiner A Published Date January 2013 Volume 2013:7 Pages 121 - 132 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S37534 Received: 30 August 2012 Accepted: 30 October 2012 Published: 30 January 2013 Jos¨¦ Manuel Olivares,1 K ksal Alptekin,2 Jean-Michel Azorin,3 Fernando Ca as,4 Vincent Dubois,5 Robin Emsley,6 Philip Gorwood,7 Peter M Haddad,8 Dieter Naber,9 George Papageorgiou,10 Miquel Roca,11 Pierre Thomas,12 Guadalupe Martinez,13 Andreas Schreiner14 1Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Meixoeiro, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain; 2Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eyl¨¹l University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey; 3Department of Psychiatry, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France; 4Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Dr R Lafora, Madrid, Spain; 5Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium; 6Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa; 7Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris Descartes University and INSERM U894, Paris, France; 8Greater Manchester West Mental Health National Health Service Foundation Trust and Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 9Universit tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik f¨¹r Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hamburg, Germany; 10Department of Psychiatry, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; 11Unidad de Psiquiatr¨ªa, Hospital Juan March, Institut Universitari d¡¯Investigaci¨® en Ci¨¨ncies de la Salut, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 12Department of Psychiatry, Fontan Hospital CHRU Lille, UDSL, University North of France, Lille, France; 13Medical Affairs, Janssen, Madrid, Spain; 14Medical Affairs, Janssen, Neuss, Germany Background: Nonadherence is common among patients with schizophrenia, although the rates vary according to means of assessment and patient population. Failure to adhere to medication can have a major impact on the course of illness and treatment outcomes, including increasing the risk of relapse and rehospitalization. Understanding psychiatrists¡¯ perception of the causes and consequences of nonadherence is crucial to addressing adherence problems effectively. Methods: The Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Spanish Adherencia Terap¨¦utica en la Esquizofrenia (ADHES) survey was conducted by questionnaire during January¨CMarch 2010 among psychiatrists treating patients with schizophrenia in 36 countries. The survey comprised 20 questions. In addition to recording the demographic details of the 4722 respondents (~12% response rate), it canvassed their preferred methods of assessing adherence, their perceptions o
%K adherence
%K schizophrenia
%K psychiatrist
%K survey
%K ADHES
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