State hospital patients and their medication--do they know what they take
| dc.contributor.author | Geller, Jeffrey L. | |
| dc.date | 2022-08-11T08:10:22.000 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T17:06:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T17:06:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1982-05-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010-11-18 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Am J Psychiatry. 1982 May;139(5):611-5. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0002-953X (Linking) | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 7072847 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45030 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The author surveyed the population of a state hospital (N = 281) to ascertain the level of knowledge patients had about their medication. Approximately 8% of the patients correctly indicated the name of at least one medication they were taking, its dosage schedule, and its intended effect; approximately 54% of the patients evidenced no understanding of the medication they were regularly taking. Significant differences in understanding of medication were found as a function of diagnosis, age, and length of stay. The finding that few patients were knowledgeable about their medication raises doubts about recent court rulings on patients' competency to refuse medication. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.relation | <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=7072847&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a> | |
| dc.relation.url | http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/139/5/611 | |
| dc.subject | Adult | |
| dc.subject | Age Factors | |
| dc.subject | Aged | |
| dc.subject | *Comprehension | |
| dc.subject | Female | |
| dc.subject | Hospitals, Psychiatric | |
| dc.subject | Hospitals, State | |
| dc.subject | Humans | |
| dc.subject | *Informed Consent | |
| dc.subject | Length of Stay | |
| dc.subject | Male | |
| dc.subject | Mental Disorders | |
| dc.subject | *Mentally Ill Persons | |
| dc.subject | Middle Aged | |
| dc.subject | Patient Compliance | |
| dc.subject | Psychotropic Drugs | |
| dc.subject | Health Services Research | |
| dc.subject | Mental and Social Health | |
| dc.subject | Psychiatric and Mental Health | |
| dc.subject | Psychiatry | |
| dc.subject | Psychiatry and Psychology | |
| dc.title | State hospital patients and their medication--do they know what they take | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dc.source.journaltitle | The American journal of psychiatry | |
| dc.source.volume | 139 | |
| dc.source.issue | 5 | |
| dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/139 | |
| dc.identifier.contextkey | 1648039 | |
| html.description.abstract | <p>The author surveyed the population of a state hospital (N = 281) to ascertain the level of knowledge patients had about their medication. Approximately 8% of the patients correctly indicated the name of at least one medication they were taking, its dosage schedule, and its intended effect; approximately 54% of the patients evidenced no understanding of the medication they were regularly taking. Significant differences in understanding of medication were found as a function of diagnosis, age, and length of stay. The finding that few patients were knowledgeable about their medication raises doubts about recent court rulings on patients' competency to refuse medication.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.submissionpath | psych_cmhsr/139 | |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Psychiatry | |
| dc.source.pages | 611-5 |