Effect of Continuous Nursing Care on Social Function and Medication Compliance of Female Patients With Schizophrenia

IF 2.9 3区医学 Q2 NURSING

Asian Nursing Research Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-21 DOI:10.1016/j.anr.2025.05.002

Min Gao , Ke Xu , Shiyang Wang , Cuifeng Yang , Guifang Ru , Liying Chen , Gaofeng Yao , Chuanbing Li , Yumei Cai

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Abstract

Purpose

Continuity of care is considered to be a critical indicator of quality of care and a key to effective management of schizophrenia. Current studies are generally represented by data on male patients. This study examines the effects of continuity of care on social functioning, medication adherence, and readmission rates in female schizophrenic patients.

Methods

A total of 50 women patients with schizophrenia discharged from a ward of a psychiatric hospital in Fuyang, Anhui province were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups. This is a randomized controlled trial. Patients in the intervention group were given discharge routine care, education on medication-taking methods and precautions, monthly telephone follow-up visits and reminders for outpatient review, followed by continuous nursing. Patients in the control group were given conventional care. The registration number of this study is ChiCTR2400089061.

Results

When comparing the two groups at different time points, except for the preintervention score which was not statistically significant between the two groups, the total social functioning score of the intervention group was higher than that of the control group at all other time points, and the difference was statistically significant. The effect of intervention factors on medication adherence scores was statistically significant when compared at different time points, and the medication adherence scores of the intervention group were higher than those of the control group at all time points, with statistically significant differences.

Conclusion

We found that patients who received extended care had significantly improved social functioning and higher medication adherence than patients who received usual care at various time points.

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持续护理对女性精神分裂症患者社会功能及用药依从性的影响。

目的：护理的连续性被认为是护理质量的关键指标，也是精神分裂症有效管理的关键。目前的研究通常以男性患者的数据为代表。本研究探讨持续性护理对女性精神分裂症患者社会功能、药物依从性和再入院率的影响。方法：选择安徽省XX市某精神病院某病房出院的女性精神分裂症患者50例，随机分为2组。这是一个随机对照试验。干预组患者给予出院常规护理、用药方法及注意事项教育、每月电话随访及门诊复查提醒，并进行持续护理。对照组患者给予常规护理。本次研究的注册号为ChiCTR2400089061。结果：两组在不同时间点比较，除干预前得分两组间差异无统计学意义外，干预组社会功能总分在其他时间点均高于对照组，差异均有统计学意义。不同时间点干预因素对药物依从性评分的影响有统计学意义，干预组在各时间点的药物依从性评分均高于对照组，差异有统计学意义。结论：我们发现，在不同的时间点，接受延长护理的患者在社会功能和药物依从性方面均显著改善。

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Asian Nursing Research NURSING-

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4.20

自引率

4.50%

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审稿时长

45 days

期刊介绍： Asian Nursing Research is the official peer-reviewed research journal of the Korean Society of Nursing Science, and is devoted to publication of a wide range of research that will contribute to the body of nursing science and inform the practice of nursing, nursing education, administration, and history, on health issues relevant to nursing, and on the testing of research findings in practice.