Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes About Psychopharmacotherapy

Abstract

Objectives: This research is conducted to investigate attitudes towards psychiatric drugs. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the attitude towards psychopharmacotherapy among hospitalized patients at the Department of Integrative Psychiatry and prominent socio-demographic variables in correlation with DAI-30 factors.

Study design: The study is conducted according to the principles of a cross-sectional study.

Subjects and methods: The research is conducted at the Institute of Integrative Psychiatry, in which hospitalized patients of the institute participate. The 30-item Drug Attitudes Questionnaire (DAI-30) and a questionnaire of general socio-demographic data were used to examine the assessment of attitudes.

Results: The questionnaire was administered over a period of four months, and all patients treated at the Institute for Integrative Psychiatry, who agreed to participate in this study and gave their informed consent, participated. The research is ongoing, the data will be statistically processed. Expected results will provide insight into patients' attitudes about psychopharmacotherapy, understanding patients' way of thinking can make the difference between effective symptom management and suboptimal treatment results. In order to improve treatment adherence, these observations should be taken into account when organizing health care.