Abstract

A STUDY ON NON-COMPLIANCE TO PHARMACOTHERAPY IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

Battula Sushma*, Natraj G. R., Gopaldas C. M. and Dr. Bharathi D. R.

Abstract

Non-compliance or non-adherence to treatment is the degree to which a patient does not carry out the clinical recommendation of a treating physician or in other words it is failure of the patient to follow the prescribed treatment regimen. Non-compliance is a significant problem in all age group patients, from children to elderly. It applies to nearly all chronic diseases and tend to worsen as longer a patient continues on drug therapy. The goal of the study was to evaluate the patients with non-compliance to therapy. To study the reasons for non-compliance. To assess attitude towards medication intake. A prospective observational study was carried out for a period of six months at Psychiatry department of Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitradurga. Total 82 patients are included. 50 were males and 32 were females. The most skin disease are seen in the age group of 18-30 years, 31-40years, 41-50years, 51-60years, 61-70years, Above 70years. The major psychiatry disease are seen in the study are BPAD(31.7%), schizophrenia (20.7%), anxiety (13.41), ADS (9.7%), psychosis (8.5%), OCD (6.09%), panic disorder (3.6%), migraine (2.4%), epilepsy (2.4%), parkinsonism (1.2%). Benzodiazepine (35.79%), antidepressant (22.1%), antipsychotics (21.59%), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (7.95%), opioid antagonist (1.13%), dopamine agonist (2.83%), muscarinic antagonist (0.5%), anticonvulsant (7.95%) are majorly prescribed drugs. The study showed that there was a extremely significant improvement in compliance of patients in comparison with first follow visit result and second follow up visit. Whose P value is (

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