Effectiveness of financial incentives to improve adherence to maintenance treatment with antipsychotics: cluster randomised controlled trial.

Authors :: Priebe, Stefan
Yeeles, Ksenija
Bremner, Stephen
Lauber, Christoph
Eldridge, Sandra
Ashby, Deborah
David, Anthony S.
O'Connell, Nicola
Forrest, Alexandra
Burns, Tom
Source :: BMJ: British Medical Journal; 10/26/2013, Vol. 347 Issue 7930, p11-11, 1p, 1 Chart
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The article discusses various aspects of using financial incentives to encourage people with psychosis to adhere to maintenance treatment with antipsychotics. It highlights evidence supporting the idea that financial incentives have a beneficial effect on adherence to healthcare treatments. The authors describe the study design including the composition and characteristics of study subjects.

Subjects :: QUALITY of life
ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents
CONFIDENCE intervals
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PATIENT compliance
PHYSICIAN-patient relations
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
DATA analysis
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
DESCRIPTIVE statistics

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