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Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-705087

ABSTRACT

O Transtorno de Humor (TH) é uma doença crônica, recorrente, de difícil diagnóstico e tratamento terapêutico. A baixa adesão à terapia relaciona-se a fatores ligados ao paciente, ao medicamento, ao profissional de saúde ou à doença. O trabalho objetivou avaliar a taxa de adesão ao tratamento e ao lítio de pacientes acometidos pelo TH, delineando o perfil farmacoepidemiológico destes. Para tanto, foram utilizadas de janeiro a outubro de 2011, entrevistas e questionários validados para indivíduos com TH assistidos em Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS). Dos 56 entrevistados, a maioria estava na faixa de 30-50 anos, era do sexo feminino e solteiro. Quanto ao histórico familiar, 55,4 % possuíam outros membros da família com TH, 60,7 % participaram de grupos-CAPS e 62,5 % nunca foram internados. A “Escala de Adesão à Medicação” mostrou que 60,7 %, alguma vez já se esqueceu de tomar o medicamento e do horário de tomá-lo. A maioria não toma o medicamento apenas quando se sente doente e seus pensamentos ficam mais coerentes quando está sob o uso de medicamentos. Do total, 35 pacientes eram bipolares e 23 tomavam lítio, os quais foram entrevistados seguindo o Questionário “Atitudes em Relação ao Lítio”. Destes, cerca de 78 % (n=18) considerou fácil seguir a prescrição, aceitável e importante tomar o lítio por vários anos, apesar dos efeitos colaterais e relataram não tomar o lítio somente quando sente necessidade. Em geral, os entrevistados mostraram boa adesão à terapia medicamentosa, compreendendo que somente através de um tratamento bem estabelecido podem manter a doença estabilizada.


Mood Disorder (MD) is a chronic disease, which is recurrent, hard to diagnose and hard to treat. The low compliance to therapy has been related to the patient, to the medicine, to the health professional or to the illness. The aim of this study was to determine the percent compliance with the drug treatments, and specifically with the lithium treatment, of patients affected by MD, outlining their pharmacoepidemiological profile. Thus, interviews and validated questionnaires were applied to 56 people with MD attended at two Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS), between January and October 2011. Most of the respondents were between 30-50 years of age, female and single. With regard to their family history, 55.4% had other family members with TH, 60.7% participated in CAPS groups and 62.5% had never been hospitalized. Replies to the “Medication Adherence Scale” questionnaire showed that 60.7% had at some time forgotten to take the medicine and the time to take it. Most of them take the medicine even when they are not feeling sick and their thoughts become more coherent when they are making use of the medication. In addition, 35 patients were bipolar and 23 took lithium; these were interviewed with the questionnaire “Attitudes in Relation to Lithium”. Approximately 78% of these (n = 18) thought it was easy to follow the prescription and that it was acceptable and important to take lithium for several years, despite the side effects reported, and they denied taking lithium only when they felt the need. In general, the respondents showed good adherence to drug therapy, understanding that only through a well-established treatment could they keep the disease stabilized.


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Humans , Male , Female , Patient Compliance/statistics & numerical data , Lithium , Mental Health Services , Mood Disorders/diagnosis , Mood Disorders/epidemiology , Mood Disorders/drug therapy , Unified Health System
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