Effect Of Treatment Compliance Training Given To Patients With Bipolar Disorder On Treatment Compliance, Social Functioning, And Quality Of Life
Effect Of Treatment Compliance Training Given To Patients With Bipolar Disorder On Treatment Compliance, Social Functioning, And Quality Of Life
In bipolar disorder, treatment noncompliance is associated with high rates of recurrence and hospitalization. Furthermore, it is reported that that treatment noncompliance disturbs the social functioning of patients and reduces the quality of life. Improvement of the quality of life, social functioning and treatment compliance is as important as the long-term treatment of symptoms.This study aimed to determine the effect of treatment compliance training given to patients with bipolar disorder on treatment compliance, social functioning, and quality of life.
The aim is to determine the effect of treatment compliance training given to patients with bipolar disorder on treatment compliance, social functioning, and quality of life.
The study was conducted with 38 bipolar disorder (n=17 intervention group; n=21 control group) using a quasi-experimental research design. Patients were evaluated using a pre-test, post-test, monitoring test, "Medication
Adherence Rating Scale (MARS)", "Social Functioning Scale (SFS)", and "World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Short Form (WHOQOLBREF-TR)." The measurements were taken 3 times:
pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.
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