Effects of Psycho Education Intervention in Improving Insight and Medication Compliance of Schizophrenic Clients, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Al-Yahya, Nora M. . 2014
This study aimed to intervene schizophrenic client through two aspects: Enhance their insight,
improve medication compliance. An exploratory study using quasi-experimental design was utilized in this
study. The study carried out at Inpatient Psychiatric wards (Villas) at Al Amal Mental Hospital (Al Amal
Complex) related to Ministry of Health, Al Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA); 20 participants
included in the study (10 control group-10 study group). Psycho education intervention guidelines were
developed by the researcher after reviewing literature. The study comprised 3 main phases: I. Development
Phase, II. Implementation Phase and III. Evaluation Phase. Results revealed that clients with schizophrenia who
received psycho educational intervention had improvement in insight that led to improved medication
compliance. In conclusion, based on the findings of the present study, it is concluded that psycho educational
intervention had a positive effect in improving insight and medication compliance for most of schizophrenic
clients. The scores of knowledge and compliance were high. However, the study showed interdependency/
correlation of the three variables: knowledge, insight and medication compliance.