ABSTRACT
This quantitative descriptive study describes the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about medication in a sample of 76 Saudi hospitalized psychiatric patients. Forty-four percent of the patients named their medication, 37% identified their side effects, and 49% knew the dosage. Chi-square results indicated that younger patients and college educated patients were significantly more knowledgeable about their medication doses and dose frequencies than older patients and less educated patients respectively. Shorter illness duration was associated with knowledge of side effects. Most patients thought they would stop their medications when they felt better and would not tell others they take psychotropic drugs. Study findings suggest the need for an active nursing role in psychoeducational interventions and further research.
Subject(s)
Antipsychotic Agents/administration & dosage , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Mental Disorders/nursing , Patient Education as Topic , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Hospitals, Psychiatric , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/drug therapy , Mental Disorders/psychology , Middle Aged , Saudi Arabia , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The morphology and distribution of the intercellular junctions were investigated in isolated skin of Rana pipiens using various electron-microscopic techniques. Our evidence demonstrates the presence of gap junctions and suggests that the distribution of gap junctions is not homogeneous among the epithelial strata. Gap junctions were less frequent in the stratum corneum and stratum granulosum than in the stratum spinosum and stratum germinativum. These results support a model of widespread intercellular coupling, although the lower number of gap junctions in the stratum granulosum suggests a possible deficiency in intercellular coupling. Tight junctions were found only in two apical strata of the epithelium (stratum corneum and stratum granulosum). Desmosomes were located in all strata.
