Research Article
Adherence to Typical Antipsychotics among Patients with Schizophrenia in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Level of adherence to antipsychotic medications among schizophrenia patients.
| | Variable | (%) | Adherence, 113 (83.7) | Nonadherence, 22 (16.3) | value | Correlation between chosen study variables | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Adherence (1) | | | | | | | | | | | Adherence | 113 (83.7) | 113 (100) | 0 | <0.001 | 1 | | | | | | Nonadherence | 22 (16.3) | 0 | 22 (100) | | Insight for psychosis (2) | | | | | | | | | | | Good | 101 (74.8) | 84 (83.2) | 17 (16.8) | 0.772 | 0.02 | 1 | | | | | Poor | 34 (25.2) | 29 (85.3) | 5 (14.7) | | Attitude towards typical antipsychotics (3) | | | | | | | | | | | Negative | 38 (28.2) | 33 (86.8) | 5 (13.2) | 0.537 | -0.35 | -0.13 | 1 | | | | Positive | 97 (71.5) | 80 (82.5) | 17 (15.5) | | Satisfaction with medication (mean, SD) (4) | 3.7 (±1.0) | 3.6 (±1.0) | 3.9 (±1.1) | 0.381 | -0.30 | -0.19 | 0.33 | 1 | | | Satisfaction about health workers’ explanation of typical antipsychotics use and side effects (5) | 2.5 (±1.3) | 2.6 (±1.3) | 2.4 (±1.4) | 0.597 | -0.15 | -0.04 | 0.15 | 0.40 | 1 |
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