A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a high rate of relapse and recurrence. One of the major challenges in treating MDD is patients’ nonadherence to medication. The objectives aimed: (1) to explore the barriers and facilitators of patients’ adherence to antidepressants among outpatient...

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Main Author:	Ho, Siew Ching
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/45389/1/HO%20SIEW%20CHING.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.453892019-09-11T07:29:02Z A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder 2017-01 Ho, Siew Ching RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a high rate of relapse and recurrence. One of the major challenges in treating MDD is patients’ nonadherence to medication. The objectives aimed: (1) to explore the barriers and facilitators of patients’ adherence to antidepressants among outpatients with MDD; (2) to identify strategies that aimed to improve adherence from the perspective of various stakeholders. A qualitative study using semi-structured and individual indepth interviews was conducted in phase I of the study. Thirty participants were purposively sampled from different ethnicities to achieve maximum variation in sampling, and data were collected until it reached thematic saturation. 2017-01 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45389/ http://eprints.usm.my/45389/1/HO%20SIEW%20CHING.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
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description	Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a high rate of relapse and recurrence. One of the major challenges in treating MDD is patients’ nonadherence to medication. The objectives aimed: (1) to explore the barriers and facilitators of patients’ adherence to antidepressants among outpatients with MDD; (2) to identify strategies that aimed to improve adherence from the perspective of various stakeholders. A qualitative study using semi-structured and individual indepth interviews was conducted in phase I of the study. Thirty participants were purposively sampled from different ethnicities to achieve maximum variation in sampling, and data were collected until it reached thematic saturation.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ho, Siew Ching
author_facet	Ho, Siew Ching
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title	A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_short	A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_full	A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_fullStr	A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_full_unstemmed	A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
title_sort	qualitative study on barriers and facilitators and strategies to improve adherence to antidepressants among outpatients with major depressive disorder
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
publishDate	2017
url	http://eprints.usm.my/45389/1/HO%20SIEW%20CHING.pdf
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A Qualitative Study On Barriers And Facilitators And Strategies To Improve Adherence To Antidepressants Among Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder

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