Incidence of Non-Adherence Within Psychiatric Patients in Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein Hospital at RMS in Jordan

Background: Studies have shown that more than 50% of patients usually do not adhere at least partially to their prescribed treatments. Knowing and identifying barriers that prevent or affect patient compliance is necessary to develop an effective intervention for psychiatric patients attending clinic. Objective: finding out the incidence of non-adherence factors among psychiatric patients attending psychiatric clinics. Methods: A cross-sectional study will be conducted based on a questionnaire posed by the pharmacist attending the clinic with a face-to-face interview with the patient. The questionnaire consists of 22 questions related to the demographic, social, clinical and pharmacological status with adherence to treatment; a sample of one hundred psychiatric patients attending psychiatric clinics will be registered in February 2022 Results: One hundred patients approached and 88 (88%) decided to join in the current study; 28 male (31.81%) and 60 female (68.18%). the majority of the stated psychiatric disorder was depression and report as (47.7 %). Counting of 88 participants, 60.22% (n =53) were showed as non-adherent. Conclusion: Lack of commitment is a well-known and important concern between psychiatric patients. Forget to get medication and negligence was accounted as the core causes of medication non-adherence.