Attitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities

Background: Schizophrenia has brought a serious disease burden to China. Under the background that community rehabilitation has become the mainstream treatment model, the long-acting injection (LAI) can better prevent recurrence. Some districts in Beijing have also issued policies. This article aims...

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Autores principales: Junli Zhu, Yun Chen, Wei Lu, Qingzhi Huang, Bin Li, Ying Xu, Rui Xi, Lefan Jin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fe5ae7cd42c34c8f9b09515753ea063b2021-11-30T23:49:28ZAttitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.770276https://doaj.org/article/fe5ae7cd42c34c8f9b09515753ea063b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.770276/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Background: Schizophrenia has brought a serious disease burden to China. Under the background that community rehabilitation has become the mainstream treatment model, the long-acting injection (LAI) can better prevent recurrence. Some districts in Beijing have also issued policies. This article aims to find out patient's current attitudes toward LAI and provide policy suggestions.Methods: Some patients with schizophrenia in the communities are selected, while the survey format is face-to-face conversation. The content of the self-made questionnaire includes patients' willingness and reasons for accepting LAI treatment. Descriptive statistics, t-test and F-test are used to process the data from questionnaire surveys.Results: About 10% of respondents have had experience using LAI and the current utilization rate is 2.4%. Respondents' willingness to accept LAI is generally low (only 18.1% are willing). The main reason for willingness is no need to take medication every day, while the main reasons for unwillingness are high cost, fear of injection and lack of understanding.Conclusion: Beijing community patients are not very optimistic about LAI's cognition and willingness. Medication habits play an important role in their medication selection decisions. Intervention such as educate clinicians and patients about LAI and provide free injections to patients can be imposed. The promotion of LAI still has a long way to go.Junli ZhuJunli ZhuYun ChenYun ChenYun ChenWei LuWei LuQingzhi HuangQingzhi HuangQingzhi HuangBin LiBin LiBin LiYing XuYing XuYing XuRui XiRui XiRui XiLefan JinLefan JinFrontiers Media S.A.articleschizophrenialong-acting injection (LAI)willingnesscommunity patientscliniciansPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic schizophrenia
long-acting injection (LAI)
willingness
community patients
clinicians
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle schizophrenia
long-acting injection (LAI)
willingness
community patients
clinicians
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Junli Zhu
Junli Zhu
Yun Chen
Yun Chen
Yun Chen
Wei Lu
Wei Lu
Qingzhi Huang
Qingzhi Huang
Qingzhi Huang
Bin Li
Bin Li
Bin Li
Ying Xu
Ying Xu
Ying Xu
Rui Xi
Rui Xi
Rui Xi
Lefan Jin
Lefan Jin
Attitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities
description Background: Schizophrenia has brought a serious disease burden to China. Under the background that community rehabilitation has become the mainstream treatment model, the long-acting injection (LAI) can better prevent recurrence. Some districts in Beijing have also issued policies. This article aims to find out patient's current attitudes toward LAI and provide policy suggestions.Methods: Some patients with schizophrenia in the communities are selected, while the survey format is face-to-face conversation. The content of the self-made questionnaire includes patients' willingness and reasons for accepting LAI treatment. Descriptive statistics, t-test and F-test are used to process the data from questionnaire surveys.Results: About 10% of respondents have had experience using LAI and the current utilization rate is 2.4%. Respondents' willingness to accept LAI is generally low (only 18.1% are willing). The main reason for willingness is no need to take medication every day, while the main reasons for unwillingness are high cost, fear of injection and lack of understanding.Conclusion: Beijing community patients are not very optimistic about LAI's cognition and willingness. Medication habits play an important role in their medication selection decisions. Intervention such as educate clinicians and patients about LAI and provide free injections to patients can be imposed. The promotion of LAI still has a long way to go.
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author Junli Zhu
Junli Zhu
Yun Chen
Yun Chen
Yun Chen
Wei Lu
Wei Lu
Qingzhi Huang
Qingzhi Huang
Qingzhi Huang
Bin Li
Bin Li
Bin Li
Ying Xu
Ying Xu
Ying Xu
Rui Xi
Rui Xi
Rui Xi
Lefan Jin
Lefan Jin
author_facet Junli Zhu
Junli Zhu
Yun Chen
Yun Chen
Yun Chen
Wei Lu
Wei Lu
Qingzhi Huang
Qingzhi Huang
Qingzhi Huang
Bin Li
Bin Li
Bin Li
Ying Xu
Ying Xu
Ying Xu
Rui Xi
Rui Xi
Rui Xi
Lefan Jin
Lefan Jin
author_sort Junli Zhu
title Attitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities
title_short Attitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities
title_full Attitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities
title_fullStr Attitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes and Willingness to Accept Long-Acting Injections for Patients With Schizophrenia in Beijing: A Cross-Sectional Investigation Based on Samples From the Communities
title_sort attitudes and willingness to accept long-acting injections for patients with schizophrenia in beijing: a cross-sectional investigation based on samples from the communities
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/fe5ae7cd42c34c8f9b09515753ea063b
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