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• TITLE: Medication compliance among mentally Ill patients in public clinics in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica

  AUTHORS: Andrea E. Pusey-Murray, Paul A. Bourne, Stan Warren, Janet LaGrenade, Christopher A. D. Charles

  KEYWORDS: Medication Compliance; Mentally Ill; Public Clinics; Kingston; St. Andrew

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Vol.3 No.6, June 25, 2010

  ABSTRACT: The Bellevue and the Hagley Park mental health outpatient clinics in Jamaica serve the majority of psychiatric patients in the country, but there is a dearth of research on medication compliance, which is a very important mental health issue. Medication compliance affects intervention outcomes. Therefore, this study seeks to examine medication compliance among psychiatric patients in Jamaica. A 33-item questionnaire which included items on demographics, health conditions, medication compliance and insightfulness was administered to a sample of 370 participants with a response rate of 93%. The majority of the participants have schizophrenia, followed by depression, bipolar disorder and drug-induced psychosis. The majority of the participants (65.3%) did not comply with their prescribed medication regimen. Medication compliance was significantly related to: gender (P