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Bipolar disorder and medication: adherence, patients' knowledge and serum monitoring of lithium carbonate1

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Title
Bipolar disorder and medication: adherence, patients' knowledge and serum monitoring of lithium carbonate1
Published in
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, April 2013
DOI 10.1590/s0104-11692013000200021
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Authors

Camila de Souza, Kelly Graziani Giacchero Vedana, Bruna Paiva do Carmo Mercedes, Adriana Inocenti Miasso

Abstract

this study featured patients with affective bipolar disorder who were making use of lithium and received care at an outpatient care center located in a country town in the state of Sao Paulo in 2009; it assessed the adherence and knowledge of these patients in relation to the medication prescribed to them and verified the proportion of blood tests performed per year in the service, for each individual, to measure lithium levels in the blood.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Paraguay 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 70 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 18%
Student > Bachelor 13 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 10%
Researcher 5 7%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Other 9 13%
Unknown 20 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 10%
Psychology 6 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 4%
Other 9 13%
Unknown 22 31%