Medication adherence and use of health services in patients with psychosis in the region of Osona (Catalonia, Spain)
Palmarola-Ginesta, J.; Chirveches-Pérez, E.; Puigoriol-Juvanteny, E.; Bleda-García, F.; Villa-Ribas, E.; Arrufat-Nebot, F.X.
Revista de Enfermeria 37(4): 50-57
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0210-5020 PMID: 24864415 Document Number: 678656
To describe and analyze sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, medication adherence and use of health resources by country of birth of psychosis diagnosed patients treated with long-term antipsychotic injectable drugs in the region of Osona (Catalonia, Spain). Descriptive observational study in psychosis diagnosed patients over 18 years old, receiving long-term antipsychotic injectable treatment and treated at a Mental Health Center for adults in Vic (Catalonia, Spain). 185 patients were included, of them: 163 (88.1%) were born in Spain and 22 (17.9%) abroad. The sample was gender homogeneous with differences in age, employment status, family situation and diagnosis (p < 0.05). Findings about medication adherence to long-term antipsychotic injectable ambulatory treatment reflected good compliance in both populations. 57.7% of Spain-born patients and 9.1% of abroad-born patients received the injectable treatment at Primary Care Center (p < 0.001). The rest of them received the treatment at Mental Health Center for adults. 22 patients (711.9%) were admitted at psychiatry hospitalization ward, 16 (9.8%) of them were born in Spain and 6 (27.3%) abroad (p = 0.012). All patients diagnosed with psychosis, either born or not in Spain, describe good adherence to long-term antipsychotic injectable treatment, with similar use of health resources from a quantitative point of view and some differences in the type of visits.