Effect Of Treatment Compliance Training Given To Patients With Bipolar Disorder
Condition: Quality of Life; Treatment Compliance
MeSH terms: Bipolar Disorder
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      In bipolar disorder, treatment noncompliance is associated with high rates of recurrence and
      hospitalization. Furthermore, it is reported that that treatment noncompliance disturbs the
      social functioning of patients and reduces the quality of life. Improvement of the quality of
      life, social functioning and treatment compliance is as important as the long-term treatment
      of symptoms.This study aimed to determine the effect of treatment compliance training given
      to patients with bipolar disorder on treatment compliance, social functioning, and quality of
      life.
    

Detailed description: 
      The aim is to determine the effect of treatment compliance training given to patients with
      bipolar disorder on treatment compliance, social functioning, and quality of life.

      The study was conducted with 38 bipolar disorder (n=17 intervention group; n=21 control
      group) using a quasi-experimental research design. Patients were evaluated using a pre-test,
      post-test, monitoring test, "Medication

      Adherence Rating Scale (MARS)", "Social Functioning Scale (SFS)", and "World Health
      Organization Quality of Life Instrument Short Form (WHOQOLBREF-TR)." The measurements were
      taken 3 times:

      pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.
    

Intervention name(s): Treatment Compliance Training
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Treatment Compliance Training consist of: Introduction of Treatment Compliance Program and Information about the Disease, Therapies for Bipolar Disorder and Importance of Treatment Compliance, Drugs Used for Bipolar Disorder, Effects and Side effects, Strategies to Solve Treatment-Related Problems and Cope with Stress, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Stigmatization Towards Patient/Disease in Bipolar Disorder. The sessions were held in the form of PowerPoint presentations. In the Treatment Compliance Training, lecture, question-answer, homework, sharing experiences, video presentation, summarization were used.The day before each session, patients were phoned and reminded of the time of the session.
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: The research was using quasi-experimentally research methods. The research was carried out with 19 patients enrolled in the Community Mental Health Center and 21 outpatients who were monitored in the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic of a university and who met the inclusion criteria. The data were collected using the Participant Information Form, Medication Adherence Rating Scale, Social Functioning Scale, and World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Short Form. Treatment compliance training was given to the intervention group (n=19) individually once a week for a total of five sessions. No intervention was applied to the control group (n=21) following the pretest application. Post-tests were applied to the intervention group after the training and follow-up tests were applied to both groups three months after the training.
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: bipolar disorder; Treatment Compliance Training; Quality of Life; Social Functioning