Development of the System for Caring Schizophrenic Patients in Community by Multidisciplinary Team of Health Network of Amphoe Ban Thaen, Chaiyaphum Province
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Objective: To develop the system for caring psychiatric patients in the community by multidisciplinary health care team focusing on schizophrenic patients in 3 sub-district health promotion hospitals in Bantan district, Chaiyaphum province. Methods: The study was action research. The participants included healthcare providers, 4 village health volunteers, 13 schizophrenic patients and 6 family caregivers. The study conducted from October 2017 to May 2018, and consisted of 2 phases as follows: 1) searching and analyzing problems of the patients and 2) developing caring system of schizophrenic patients in the community. Results: Medication adherence of schizophrenic patients in the community improved from 46.2% to 61.5%, Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) interfering daily life such as daily excessive drowsiness reduced from 46.2% to the absence of the ADRs. During the study, there were no patients with relapse leading to serious harm to the life, body or property of themselves or others. Conclusions: Development of caring system by health professional team for schizophrenic patients can improve both drug-related problems and medication non-adherence leading to continuous care, absence of relapse and integration with the community.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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