Table 3.
Feedback related to the reasons of medication nonadherence in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder, depression, and other diagnostic groups
| Items | Bipolar disorder (n=45) |
Schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder (n=24) |
Depression (n=12) |
Other (n=18) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item 1: Not willing to use medication | 19 (23.2%) | 6 (15.85%) | 5 (17.9%) | 7 (25.9%) |
| Item 2: Not accepting the disease | 23 (32.9%) | 9 (23.7%) | 5 (17.9%) | 6 (22.2%) |
| Item 3: Being disturbed by side effects | 22 (26.8%) | 4 (10.5%) | 5 (17.9%) | 8 (29.6%) |
| Item 4: Feeling well | 11 (13.4%) | 5 (13.2%) | 8 (28.6%) | 3 (11.1%) |
| Item 5: Not knowing how long the medication would need to be taken for | 1 (1.2%) | 4 (10.5%) | 1 (3.6%) | 0 |
| Item 6: Not being aware that the medication needed to be taken regularly | 0 | 6 (15.8%) | 2 (7.1%) | 2 (7.4%) |
| Item 7: Other | 2 (2.4%) | 4 (10.5%) | 2 (7.1%) | 1 (3.7%) |
Notes: Answers in each diagnostic group are shown as the number and percentage of cases representing each answer. The distribution of the items selected by the cases in a seven-item question – multiple answer questions answered as yes/no – examining the reasons of medication nonadherence was evaluated using multiple response analysis. The table yielded the following results: items 1, 2, and 3 in bipolar disorder cases, item 2 in schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder cases, item 4 in depression cases, and item 3 in cases diagnosed with other disorders were found to be significantly important in medication nonadherence.