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Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study
INTRODUCTION: Technology has permeated every aspect of our existence and the mental health sector is not exempt from this. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to test the impact of using a mobile phone app (MyTherapy pill reminder and medication tracker) on medication adherence in patients with sc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10467252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37655277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23779608231197269 |
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author | Al Dameery, Khloud Valsaraj, Blessy Prabha Qutishat, Mohammad Obeidat, Arwa Alkhawaldeh, Abdullah Al Sabei, Sulaiman Al Omari, Omar ALBashtawy, Mohammed Al Qadire, Mohammad |
author_facet | Al Dameery, Khloud Valsaraj, Blessy Prabha Qutishat, Mohammad Obeidat, Arwa Alkhawaldeh, Abdullah Al Sabei, Sulaiman Al Omari, Omar ALBashtawy, Mohammed Al Qadire, Mohammad |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Technology has permeated every aspect of our existence and the mental health sector is not exempt from this. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to test the impact of using a mobile phone app (MyTherapy pill reminder and medication tracker) on medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia and/or schizoaffective disorder. METHODS: Time series design was used. Fifty-one participants were recruited from tertiary hospitals in Oman. The Medication Adherence Rating Scale was used for assessing medication adherence. The data related to medication adherence were collected at baseline, 3 months later and 3 months after installing the program on participants’ smartphones. SPSS data set used to analyze the data. RESULTS: A repeated-measures ANOVA found no significant change in the level of adherence among patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders at the start and 12 weeks later when the mobile app was installed (p = .371). However, adherence scores improved significantly 12 weeks after installation of mobile app compared with the same group at the baseline and 12 weeks before the installation of mobile app (p < .001). CONCLUSION: The mobile phone app was effective in improving the adherence level among patients. Installation of the program and teaching patients how to use it to improve their level of adherence is recommended. |
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spelling | pubmed-104672522023-08-31 Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study Al Dameery, Khloud Valsaraj, Blessy Prabha Qutishat, Mohammad Obeidat, Arwa Alkhawaldeh, Abdullah Al Sabei, Sulaiman Al Omari, Omar ALBashtawy, Mohammed Al Qadire, Mohammad SAGE Open Nurs Mental Health Care INTRODUCTION: Technology has permeated every aspect of our existence and the mental health sector is not exempt from this. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to test the impact of using a mobile phone app (MyTherapy pill reminder and medication tracker) on medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia and/or schizoaffective disorder. METHODS: Time series design was used. Fifty-one participants were recruited from tertiary hospitals in Oman. The Medication Adherence Rating Scale was used for assessing medication adherence. The data related to medication adherence were collected at baseline, 3 months later and 3 months after installing the program on participants’ smartphones. SPSS data set used to analyze the data. RESULTS: A repeated-measures ANOVA found no significant change in the level of adherence among patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders at the start and 12 weeks later when the mobile app was installed (p = .371). However, adherence scores improved significantly 12 weeks after installation of mobile app compared with the same group at the baseline and 12 weeks before the installation of mobile app (p < .001). CONCLUSION: The mobile phone app was effective in improving the adherence level among patients. Installation of the program and teaching patients how to use it to improve their level of adherence is recommended. SAGE Publications 2023-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10467252/ /pubmed/37655277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23779608231197269 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Mental Health Care Al Dameery, Khloud Valsaraj, Blessy Prabha Qutishat, Mohammad Obeidat, Arwa Alkhawaldeh, Abdullah Al Sabei, Sulaiman Al Omari, Omar ALBashtawy, Mohammed Al Qadire, Mohammad Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study |
title | Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study |
title_full | Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study |
title_fullStr | Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study |
title_short | Enhancing Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Mobile App Intervention Study |
title_sort | enhancing medication adherence among patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: mobile app intervention study |
topic | Mental Health Care |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10467252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37655277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23779608231197269 |
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