Link → Explaining Patients' Beliefs About the Necessity and Harmfulness of Antidepressants by Aikens et al. (Abstract)
Note: This is the abstract of the article referenced in the previously posted January/February 2008 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet. While the article alludes to patients’ beliefs and attitudes about medication exerting an effect on adherence, this study itself did not correlate these beliefs with measured compliance (see excerpt below).
Excerpt: Purpose: Patients’ beliefs about antidepressants vary widely and probably influence adherence, yet little is known about what underlies such beliefs. This study’s objective was to identify the demographic and clinical characteristics thataccount for patients’ beliefs about antidepressants.
Aikens JE, Nease DE Jr, Klinkman MS., Explaining patients’ beliefs about the necessity and harmfulness of antidepressants., Ann Fam Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;6(1):23-9.
