Abstract

Background: Medication adherence are the measures of client’s compliance to the prescribed treatment.non-adherence to medication occurs more often in younger patients with higher socioeconomic status taking short-term medications than in older patients with chronic conditions. Non-adherence is one of the commonest causes of therapeutic failure in both medicine and psychiatry. With psychiatric patients the factors contributing to non-adherence are related to various factors such as disease condition and the clients himself undergoing psychiatric treatment.

Objective: The objective of the study is to assess the status of drug  adherence  among patients of an inpatient unit of western Maharashtra and sociodemographic factors associated with it.

Methodology: A non-experimental study design was adopted and conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among inpatients psychiatric clients in a tertiary care setup of western Maharashtra

The accessible population was 52 and 30 patients with different mental health problems were included in the study. The participants were selected by simple random sampling. Hogan’s drug Attitude Inventory DAI(30) was used to measure their attitude regarding psychiatric drugs. The relevant sociodemographic data were also collected by structured questionnaire.

Result: Hogan’s drug Attitude Inventory indicated 18 clients(60%) show drug adherence status. Significant predictors of adherence were good social support, awareness about psychiatric illness and limited use of substance.12 clients(40%) of participants found non adherent to drug regimen the associated factors are lack of motivation, knowledge and insight about their own illness.

Keywords: Drug adherence, positive family support, substance use.