The effect of mindfulness-based psychoeducation on insight and medication adherence of schizophrenia patients

This research was conducted to determine the effect of mindfulness based psychoeducation program on insight and medication adherence of schizophrenia patients. The study was conducted in a true experiment design with pre-test and post-test control groups. The study population consisted of 369 schizo...

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Published in:Archives of psychiatric nursing 2018-10, Vol.32 (5), p.737-744
Main Authors: Çetin, Nurdan, Aylaz, Rukuye
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
Community Mental Health Centers
Female
Humans
Male
Medication Adherence - psychology
Mindfulness
Nursing
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Schizophrenia - drug therapy
Schizophrenic Psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
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Summary:This research was conducted to determine the effect of mindfulness based psychoeducation program on insight and medication adherence of schizophrenia patients. The study was conducted in a true experiment design with pre-test and post-test control groups. The study population consisted of 369 schizophrenic patients enrolled in Community Mental Health Centers located in Balıkesir and Eskişehir province centers. The sample consisted of 135 patients, 55 from experimental and 80 from control groups selected by randomized sampling. The data was collected between February and May 2016. The Descriptive Information Form, Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) and Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) were used. In the experimental group, the psychoeducation program was applied. Number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square, t-test in both dependent and independent groups, were used in the analysis of the data. The mean post-test score of the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale was 4.89 ± 6.05 in the experimental group, 1.68 ± 5.67 in the control group and the difference between the mean scores was statistically significant (p 
ISSN:0883-9417
1532-8228
DOI:10.1016/j.apnu.2018.04.011