Open AccessSatisfaction With Medication Is Correlated With Outcome but Not Persistence in Patients Treated With Placebo, Escitalopram, or Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors
Author(s) -
Koen Demyttenaere,
Elin Heldbo Reines,
Sara Larsson Lönn,
Malcolm Lader
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.10m01080
Subject(s) - escitalopram , placebo , reuptake inhibitor , serotonin , serotonin uptake inhibitors , norepinephrine , medicine , persistence (discontinuity) , psychiatry , psychology , antidepressant , dopamine , fluoxetine , alternative medicine , anxiety , pathology , receptor , geotechnical engineering , engineering
To test whether satisfaction with taking medication, assessed using item 15 of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q), is associated with clinical outcome and persistence with treatment.