Relationship between psychological resilience and treatment adherence in individuals with psychiatric disease

Objectives: This research is a relational study of the descriptive and cross-sectional type with the aim of examining the relationship between psychological resilience and treatment adherence of individuals with psychiatric disorders. Method: The study was conducted by face to face interviews with 100 volunteers between the ages of 18-65 who came to control the polyclinic of Manisa Mental Health and Diseases Hospital between May and August. The data were collected using the "Descriptive Information Form", the "Resilience Scale for Adults", the "Morisky Medication Adherence Scale" and the "Adherence Questionnaire for Treatment" prepared by the researcher. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for Windows. For the data analysis, number and percentage, mean and standard deviation, Indepedent Samples T-test, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis, Mann-Whitney U Test and Pearson Correlation analysis were applied. For all tests, the level of significance (P) was set at the conventional level of 0.05 (two-sided). Results: 55.0% of the patients had depressive disorder, 26.0% had schizophrenic disorder and 19.0% had bipolar disorder. 34.0% of the patients were between the ages of 18-24, 67.0% were female and 50.0% were single. Resilience Scale for Adults of the patients mean score 99.67 ± 8.01, Adherence Questionnaire for Treatment mean score 42.36 ± 5.57 and Morisky Medication Adherence Scale is the avarage score was found to be 5.92 ± 1.34. There was a statistically significant (p = 0.654) relationship between the psychological resilience and treatment adherence of the patients and a weak correlation (r = 0.045) in the positive direction. The duration of the diagnosis of the patients affected the Psychological Resilience Scale average score (p = 0.048); Income status also affected the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale averages (p = 0.000). Sociodemographic characteristics and disease stories were found to be ineffective in the mean of the Adherence Questionnaire for Treatment.