MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES IN PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOSIS IN THE REGION OF OSONA (CATALONIA, SPAIN)

OBJECTIVE: To describe and analyze sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, medication adherence and use of health resources by country of birth of psychosis diagnosed patients treated with long-term antipsychotic injectable drugs in the region of Osona (Catalonia, Spain). METHOD: Descriptive observational study in psychosis diagnosed patients over 18 years old, receiving long-term antipsychotic injectable treatment and treated at a Mental Health Center for adults in Vic (Catalonia, Spain). RESULTS: 185 patients were included, of them: 163 (88.1%) were born in Spain and 22 (11.9%) abroad. The sample was gender homogeneous with differences in age, employment status, family situation and diagnosis (p<0.05). Findings about medication adherence to long-term antipsychotic injectable ambulatory treatment reflected good compliance in both populations. 57.7% of Spain-born patients and 9.1% of abroad-born patients received the injectable treatment at Primary Care Center (p<0,001). The rest of them received the treatment at Mental Health Center for adults. 22 patients (11.9%) were admitted at psychiatry hospitalization ward, 16 (9.8%) of them were born in Spain and 6 (27.3%) abroad (p=0.012). CONCLUSIONS: All patients diagnosed with psychosis, either born or not in Spain, describe good adherence to long-term antipsychotic injectable treatment, with similar use of health resources from a quantitative point of view and some differences in the type of visits.