Adherence to antidepressant treatment: what the doctor thinks and what the patient says.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Letter (letter): Communication to the publisher.
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Title
Adherence to antidepressant treatment: what the doctor thinks and what the patient says.
Journal
Pharmacopsychiatry
Author(s)
Loayza N. (co-first), Crettol S. (co-first), Riquier F., Eap C.B.
ISSN
1439-0795 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0176-3679
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
45
Number
5
Pages
204-207
Language
english
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Publication types: LetterPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Adherence to antidepressant treatment has been shown to range from 30 to 70%. The aim of this study was to compare the patient's self-report of adherence with the doctors' estimation of adherence and therapeutic alliance in 104 outpatients with mood and/or anxiety disorder treated with antidepressants. The adherence scores estimated by the patients and the doctors were significantly different, the doctors underestimating adherence in 29% of cases and overestimating it in 31% of cases compared to the patients' evaluation. Adherence measured by drug plasma concentration, despite being higher than expected from previously published reports, was in line with the patients' self-reported score but not the doctors' estimation. Finally, the patients' and the doctors' Helping Alliance scores were not related to adherence self-report.
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