TY - JOUR
T1 - Antidepressant adherence in United States active duty Army Soldiers
T2 - A small descriptive study
AU - Gallagher, Shawn P.
AU - Insel, Kathleen
AU - Badger, Terry A.
AU - Reed, Pamela
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Donald Morisky for granting permission to use the ?Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8. Use of the ?MMAS is protected by US copyright laws. Permission for use is required. A License Contract is available from: Donald E. Morisky, ScD, ScM, MSPH, Professor, 2020 Glencoe Ave., Venice, CA 90291-4007;[email protected]., The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - While much is known about depression and antidepressant adherence associations with illness perceptions, medication beliefs, social support, and stigma in the general population, there is a dearth of knowledge among United States active duty Army Soldiers. The study objective was to explore antidepressant adherence and correlations between antidepressant adherence and illness perceptions, medication beliefs, social support, stigma and select demographic variables among Army Soldiers with depression. Results indicated age and gender were significantly correlated with and predictive of adherence. Low adherence was found. Findings suggest Soldiers who are younger and those who are female are more likely to report higher levels of adherence.
AB - While much is known about depression and antidepressant adherence associations with illness perceptions, medication beliefs, social support, and stigma in the general population, there is a dearth of knowledge among United States active duty Army Soldiers. The study objective was to explore antidepressant adherence and correlations between antidepressant adherence and illness perceptions, medication beliefs, social support, stigma and select demographic variables among Army Soldiers with depression. Results indicated age and gender were significantly correlated with and predictive of adherence. Low adherence was found. Findings suggest Soldiers who are younger and those who are female are more likely to report higher levels of adherence.
KW - Adherence
KW - Depression
KW - Health beliefs
KW - Social support
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.06.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 30454619
AN - SCOPUS:85048097612
SN - 0883-9417
VL - 32
SP - 793
EP - 801
JO - Archives of psychiatric nursing
JF - Archives of psychiatric nursing
IS - 6
ER -