Investigation on medicine taking in rural schizophrenia patients
- VernacularTitle:农村社区精神分裂症患者药物治疗情况的调查
- Author:
Zheng-ping CHEN
;
Wen-xiong XIA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
schizophrenia, medicine, salvation, investigation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2006;12(1):79-80
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the status medicine taking in rural schizophrenic patients.MethodsThe families of 217 schizophrenic patients in a town of Shaoxing rural area were investigated with self-made questionnaire.Results and Conclusion125 cases routinely took medicine(57.6%). The main reason caused patients to resist taking medicine was absence of family or family's care. The medicine were obtained from hospital, drugstore, free drugs from mental preventing organization, mail-order, half or more of them were free. Only 53.46% of the objects would like to receive free drugs. The most of the others want to give up. The objects suggested mental preventing organization to provide more kinds and costly free drugs, simplify procedures of obtaining drugs, permit to receive more drugs at a time and be more kindly.
