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Abstract Background: The rates of adherence are low for schizophrenia so one of the major problems in psychopharmacology of patients with schizophrenia is non adherence, which is the most important risk factor for relapse and re-hospitalization. Aim: Assess adherence and non-adherence toward antipsychotic drug among schizophrenic patients. Setting: The outpatient clinic at the psychiatric and mental health hospital in Khanka city. Subjects: convenience sampling procedure were used to select participants for the study. Consisted of 100 schizophrenic patients, who attended the follow up the mentioned setting. Design: A descriptive design was utilized. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection. The first tool is a semi structured interview schedule sheet that was used to assess schizophrenic patients adherence and identify factors that might affect it. The second tool is Drug Attitude Inventory Scale. It was used to assess the patients attitude toward antipsychotic drugs. The third tool Advanced warning of relapse Questionnaire, It was used as a measure of the warning signs of psychotic relapse. Results revealed that, non-adherence was reported in more than half of the subjects; there was a statistically significant difference between the patients adherence and their attitude toward antipsychotic drugs. And it was found that there was a statistically significant relation between the patients adherence and relapse. Conclusion: There is an association between medication non-adherence and relapse recommendations: Develop and implement educational programs for patients to improve insight, attitudes toward medications. |