Factors associated with medication adherence among with depressive disorder / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To explore the status of medication adherence among patients with depressive disorder and analyze its potential influencing factors.@*Methods@#A total of 406 patients with depression who visited our hospital from January 2015 to December 2017 were selected as subjects of study. General data of patients were collected at the time of consultation, and drug adherence questionnaire was used to score the patients at 6 months of follow-up. According to the score, 406 patients were divided into high adherence group, middle adherence group and low adherence group, the correlation between medication adherence and humanistic factors, chronic diseases and course of disease was analyzed.@*Results@#Compared with the low adherence group, the proportion of age (>60 years old), education (<6 years), no spouse, peasant, monthly income (<3 000 yuan), self-funded medical treatment, insomnia history, solitude and negative life events decreased significantly in the middle and high adherence groups. Cadre ratio and the proportion of workers in the middle adherence group increased significantly (P<0.05). Compared with the low adherence group, the course of disease in the middle and high adherence group was significantly shorter (P<0.01). Logistic regression analysis showed that education < 6 years, no spouse, farmers, low income, self-paid medical treatment, solitude, negative life events, course of disease were independently correlated with low adherence of depression patients (P<0.05 or P<0.01).@*Conclusions@#Depression patients have low adherence with medication, so targeted health education should be carried out. Especially for patients with a long course of illness, continuous nursing and long-term follow-up should be done well.Mobilizing family support system , caring for and respecting patients can effectively reduce the occurrence of negative life events. It can improve the medication adherence of depressive patients and promote their early recovery.