Influence of emotional temperament on medication compliance in patients with bipolar disorder
Abstract：Objective To investigate the influence of emotional temperament on medication com-pliance in patients with bipolar disorder .Methods Fifty - three inpatients with bipolar disorder were re-cruited .Temperament Evaluation of Memphis ,Pisa ,Paris ,and San Diego - Auto questionnaire version (TEMPS - A ) was used to assess temperament type .Drug Attitude Inventory - 10 (DAI - 10 ) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS ) were used to assess patients` medication compliance .Results It was showed that the treatment compliance score was (8 .2 ± 2 .6) ,the time compliance was (7 .4 ± 3 .5) ,the dose compliance was (8 .5 ± 7 .2) .The score of DAI - 10 was (2 .2 ± 4 .5) .VAS and irritable temperament score was negatively correlated ,and negatively correlated with the degree of education .DAI - 10 score with male ,depressive temperament score and hyperthymic temperament score were positively correlated . Conclusions These findings suggest that patients with irritable temperament may be poor in their com-pliance with treatment ,and patients with depressive or hyperthymic temperament ,high education levels have a relatively positive attitude towards medication .
Keywords：Bipolar disorderEmotional temperamentMedication compliance
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 392-395 )