OBJECTIVE: To examine the hypothesis that poorer social and family support, identifiable at the onset of treatment, is associated with nonadherence in the first 6 months of treatment of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP), independent of other patient-related factors. METHOD: Consecutive patients (n = 100) admitted to a specialized early intervention service for FEP who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, criteria for either a schizophrenia spectrum disorder or an affective psychosis were evaluated monthly for 6 months regarding their adherence to medications. Using sociodemographic and illness-related factors, including social and family support, as independent variables and adherence as the dependent variable, univariate analyses were followed by logistic regression. RESULTS: Fifty-six patients (54.9%) were adherent (76% to 100% of doses taken) and 46 (45.1%) nonadherent (less than 76% of doses taken). Nonadherent patients were less likely to have received a good level of social support (chi (2) = 5.89, df = 1, P = 0.02), as rated by their respective case manager, and more likely to be single (Fisher exact test, P = 0.019) and to have refused medication at the first offer of treatment (chi (2) = 19.70, df = 1, P = 0.001). Using logistic regression, both the level of social support (OR = 3.552, P = 0.03) and early medication acceptance (OR = 11.092, P < 0.001) were significant as predictors of adherence. CONCLUSION: These results suggest the significance of social and family support in achieving adherence to medications very early in the course of treatment of FEP, in addition to the influence of early acceptance or rejection of medication.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the hypothesis that poorer social and family support, identifiable at the onset of treatment, is associated with nonadherence in the first 6 months of treatment of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP), independent of other patient-related factors. METHOD: Consecutive patients (n = 100) admitted to a specialized early intervention service for FEP who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, criteria for either a schizophrenia spectrum disorder or an affective psychosis were evaluated monthly for 6 months regarding their adherence to medications. Using sociodemographic and illness-related factors, including social and family support, as independent variables and adherence as the dependent variable, univariate analyses were followed by logistic regression. RESULTS: Fifty-six patients (54.9%) were adherent (76% to 100% of doses taken) and 46 (45.1%) nonadherent (less than 76% of doses taken). Nonadherent patients were less likely to have received a good level of social support (chi (2) = 5.89, df = 1, P = 0.02), as rated by their respective case manager, and more likely to be single (Fisher exact test, P = 0.019) and to have refused medication at the first offer of treatment (chi (2) = 19.70, df = 1, P = 0.001). Using logistic regression, both the level of social support (OR = 3.552, P = 0.03) and early medication acceptance (OR = 11.092, P < 0.001) were significant as predictors of adherence. CONCLUSION: These results suggest the significance of social and family support in achieving adherence to medications very early in the course of treatment of FEP, in addition to the influence of early acceptance or rejection of medication.
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