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KMID : 0897520130180020091
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2013 Volume.18 No. 2 p.91 ~ p.97
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The Negative Attitude Toward Antipsychotics of Schizophrenics and Its Effect on Their Quality of Life
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Han Chang-Woo
Shin Kyung-Min
Son Sang-Joon
Kook So-Dahm
Bae Hwal-Lip
Jung Kyung-Hi
Kim Hyun-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives : The aim of this study was to examine the drug attitude toward antipsychotics in schizophrenic patients. This study also evaluated the relationship between drug attitude and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia.
Methods : The study was carried out on the 248 patients with schizophrenia attending a Community Mental Health Center in Gangdong-gu. This study protocol included sociodemographic variables, information about physical health, Korean version of Drug Attitude Inventory-10 (KDAI-10), and World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF). Data were analyzed using One way ANOVA, χ2-test, paired t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficients with SPSS 17.0 program.
Results : The participants showed significantly more negative attitude toward antipsychotics than somatic medicines. The negative attitude toward antipsychotics was correlated with all domain of quality of life and the positive drug attitude toward antipsychotics was correlated with some domain of quality of life.
Conclusion : The results of this study suggest that schizophrenic patients have the negative attitude toward antipsychotics. And the subjective attitude toward antipsychotics seems to be correlated with quality of life in schizophrenic patients.
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KEYWORD
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Quality of life, Schizophrenia, Antipsychotics, Somatic medicine
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