کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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334174 | 546020 | 2008 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Electronic monitoring of antipsychotic medication adherence in outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: An empirical evaluation of its reliability and predictive validity Electronic monitoring of antipsychotic medication adherence in outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: An empirical evaluation of its reliability and predictive validity](/preview/png/334174.png)
This study examined the reliability and predictive validity of electronic monitoring (EM) in assessing the oral antipsychotic medication adherence of outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Sixty-one adult outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who took a single oral antipsychotic medication were assessed monthly over a 6-month study period with EM of medication bottle opening. Symptom severity, as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score, was assessed monthly over the 6-month study period. Cronbach's coefficient alpha revealed very high internal reliability (α = 0.94). A high degree of test–retest reliability was found (β ranged from 0.75 to 1.19 and r ranged from 0.63 to 0.90). As for predictive validity, greater mean EM adherence was significantly related to lower mean symptom severity.
Journal: Psychiatry Research - Volume 157, Issues 1–3, 15 January 2008, Pages 259–263