A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a high rate of relapse and recurrence. One of the major challenges in treating MDD is patients’ nonadherence to medication. The objectives aimed: (1) to explore the barriers and facilitators of patients’ adherence to antidepressants among outpatient...

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Main Author: Ho, Siew Ching
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Language:English
Published: 2017
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description Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a high rate of relapse and recurrence. One of the major challenges in treating MDD is patients’ nonadherence to medication. The objectives aimed: (1) to explore the barriers and facilitators of patients’ adherence to antidepressants among outpatients with MDD; (2) to identify strategies that aimed to improve adherence from the perspective of various stakeholders. A qualitative study using semi-structured and individual indepth interviews was conducted in phase I of the study. Thirty participants were purposively sampled from different ethnicities to achieve maximum variation in sampling, and data were collected until it reached thematic saturation.
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spelling usm-453892019-09-11T07:29:02Z http://eprints.usm.my/45389/ A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder Ho, Siew Ching RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a high rate of relapse and recurrence. One of the major challenges in treating MDD is patients’ nonadherence to medication. The objectives aimed: (1) to explore the barriers and facilitators of patients’ adherence to antidepressants among outpatients with MDD; (2) to identify strategies that aimed to improve adherence from the perspective of various stakeholders. A qualitative study using semi-structured and individual indepth interviews was conducted in phase I of the study. Thirty participants were purposively sampled from different ethnicities to achieve maximum variation in sampling, and data were collected until it reached thematic saturation. 2017-01 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45389/1/HO%20SIEW%20CHING.pdf Ho, Siew Ching (2017) A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Ho, Siew Ching
A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_full A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_fullStr A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_full_unstemmed A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_short A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_sort qualitative study on barriers and facilitators and strategies to improve adherence to antidepressants among outpatients with major depressive disorder
topic RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
url http://eprints.usm.my/45389/
http://eprints.usm.my/45389/1/HO%20SIEW%20CHING.pdf