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Reliability and validity of the Medication Adherence Rating Scale in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia from Nigeria

Godspower O. Owie, Sunday O. Olotu, Bawo Onesirosan James

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy · 2018 · 41 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

The MARS demonstrated fair psychometric characteristics in assessing adherence in patients with schizophrenia in this cohort. The scale may be useful in the dimensional assessment of medication adherence for schizophrenia in sub-Saharan African settings.

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