Medication self-management: A preliminary report on an intervention to improve medication compliance

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TitleMedication self-management: A preliminary report on an intervention to improve medication compliance
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsHayward, P, Chan, N, Kemp, R, Youle, S, David, A
JournalJournal of Mental Health
Volume4
Pagination511-517
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0963-8237
KeywordsAdult, Confidence Intervals, Female, Fisher's Exact Test, Human, Inpatients, interviews, Male, Mann-Whitney U Test, Mental Disorders, Chronic -- Drug Therapy, Motivation -- Methods, Odds Ratio, Patient Attitudes, Patient Compliance, Pilot Studies, Professional-Client Relations, Questionnaires, Self Administration, United Kingdom
Abstract

One of the main barriers to effective care of the long term mentally ill is the poor compliance of many patients with their prescribed medication regimes. This paper reviews a pilot study of a programme designed to improve medication compliance, using a brief package originally inspired by, and adapted from, the principles of motivational interviewing. As compared to controls, patients receiving the Medication Self-Management (MSM) intervention showed changes in attitudes towards medication and insight into illness in the desired direction, but these changes failed to reach statistical significance. Possible reasons for this failure are discussed, and a modified package, to be tested in a further study, is described.
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