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KMID : 0370220190630040221
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Yakhak Hoeji
2019 Volume.63 No. 4 p.221 ~ p.229
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A Pilot Study of Color Preference and Drug Adherence in Psychiatric Outpatients on Neuropsychiatric Pharmacotherapy
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Cheon Young-Ju
Ye Kyong-Nam
Song Hae-Lan
Kim Tae
Park Jin-Kyung
Kim Jung-Tae
Lim Sung-Cil
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Abstract
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The wavelengths of color stimulate the hypothalamus and induce psychological reaction. The relationshipbetween color preference and psychiatric disorders has been studied for a long time. This pilot study performed toinvestigate mutual relationship between color preference and medication adherence on 155 psychiatric outpatients (65 formajor depression disorder, 68 for anxiety disorder, 22 for bipolar disorder). We asked three questionnaires about a favoritecolor, a hatred color and self-assessment adherence, and conducted cross-analysis of the difference of color preferencebetween result of this study and preceding study (2015). And we investigated the color distribution ratio of central nervoussystem therapeutics for oral solid formulation. The most favorite color was purple in major depressive disorder patients,and green in anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder patients. Purple-blue-green, the short wavelength colors were preferredin all subjects. This result presented a significant difference with preference of non-psychiatric patients. Of the 131 oralsolid formulations, 46.6% were white color. So far, the favorite color has not yet been applied to patients’ medication.
Because the favorite color of psychiatric patients is distinguished from that of non-psychiatric patients, the color preferencemight consider application in psychiatric medications.
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KEYWORD
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Color preference, compliance, adherence, psychiatric outpatient, color
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