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MEDICATION ADHERENCE AS A DOMINANT FACTOR INFLUENCING SCHIZOPHRENIA RELAPSE
Anindya Arum Cempaka*, Setyawati Soeharto and Tina Handayani Nasution
ABSTRACT
The occurrence of relapses in schizophrenic patients has great potential to harm and endanger patients,family and society. Relapse increases the burden of care and is a significant economic burden for familiesand communities because if the patient has rehospitalization in the psychiatric clinic, it increases the costof the family for the treatment. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors related to schizophreniarelapse and to find out the dominant factors related to schizophrenia relapse in Puskesmas Bantur WorkingArea, Malang Regency. Analytic observational design with cross-sectional approach was utilized. Therewere 83 respondents contributed in this study. The respondents were obtained using total samplingtechnique. The results showed a significant relationship between medication adherence, expressionemotion and schizophrenia onset with schizophrenia relapse. The result from multiple logistic regressionshows medication adherence has the highest OR value at 27.182. There were significant correlationbetween medication adherence, expression emotion and schizophrenia onset with schizophrenia relapse.Medication adherence as a dominant factor influencing schizophrenia relapse.
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