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Psycho-demographic and clinical predictors of medication adherence in patients with bipolar I disorder in a university hospital in Egypt.

Tarek Ahmed OkashaDoaa N RadwanHussien ElkholyHeba M F M HendawyEman M M E ShourabRamy R A TeamaAhmed S Abdelgawad
Published in: The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa (2020)
Several socio-demographic and clinical variables were found to be associated with a low adherence rate to the prescribed medication in patients with BD-I. Age and impaired insight were found to be significant predictive factors for non-adherence.
Keyphrases
  • bipolar disorder
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