ArticlePatient preference and adherence2020
Factors Associated with Medication Adherence Among Patients with Severe Mental Disorders in China: A Propensity Score Matching Study.
Article in Patient preference and adherence, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Non-adherence level of pharmacotherapy and its predictors among mental disorders in a resource-limited life trajectories: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Construction of a mental health literacy evaluation index system for adolescents with mental disorders.World journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Predicting Physical Aggression among Schizophrenia Patients in Rural Communities of Southwestern China.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychotropic medications adherence status and its determinants among older adults with severe affective and psychotic disorders: a multicenter cross-sectional study.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Understanding the medication safety challenges for patients with mental illness in primary care: a scoping review.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- A qualitative of stable symptomatology for patients with schizophrenia: do they have adequate post-discharge rehabilitative resources?Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of registry data of severe mental disorders in Fuzhou, China: current status and prospects.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Mortality rate of mental disorder trends in China from 2002 to 2020.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Self-Reported Low Lithium Adherence Among Chinese Patients with Bipolar Disorder in Shenzhen: A Cross-Sectional Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
- Participation in a free medication program among non-registered permanent residents with severe mental disorders in Bao'an district, Shenzhen, China and its influencing factors.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Medication Adherence and Influencing Factors Among Patients With Severe Mental Disorders in Low-Income Families During COVID-19 Outbreak.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveThe 686 project provides free essential drugs and follow-up for poor SMD patients, with the purpose of improving patients' medication adherence and reducing the occurrence of dangerous behaviors. The objective of this research was to determine the factors that influence medication adherence in patients with severe mental disorders (SMD) and analyze whether the 686 program significantly improved patient medication adherence.
methodsThis study was conducted among SMD patients in 686 project and non-project SMD patients in the same community in 11 cities in Shandong Province of China. The data collected included basic patient information and disease treatment information. Medication adherence was divided into good adherence and poor adherence. Propensity score matching (1:1 match) was performed to adjust for differences in baseline characteristics.
resultsOne thousand two hundred ninety-two patients receiving free medication assistance policy (686 project group) and 1292 non-policy patients (control group) were analyzed. Patients who received the 686 project group had significantly better medication adherence than the non-policy group patients (92.6% vs.61.2%). Older age and consolidation period were associated with poor adherence, and education level was the positive determinant for adherence.
conclusionThe 686 project could improve medication adherence to patients with SMD. Additional research will pay attention to medication adherence of patients who are elderly, in consolidation period and lower education levels. It should strengthen the guidance and supervision of patients' medication and strengthen the health education of family members and patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.