| Summary: | Introduction: Medication nonadherence is highly prevalent in patients
with bipolar disorders and often results in worsening disease prognosis. The purpose of this
study was to investigate the effect of group psychoeducation on medication adherence in female
patients with bipolar mood disorder type I. Methods: This randomized controlled trial was
conducted on 76 patients with bipolar mood disorder admitted in female psychiatric wards of
Razi teaching hospital, Tabriz, Iran. The participants were selected by convenience sampling
method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Patients in experimental
group received 10 continuous 90 minutes sessions of psychoeducation, two times a week.
Medication adherence was measured using the medicine check list and medication adherence
rating scale (MARS) before and after intervention. Data analysis was performed with SPSS
ver.13. Results: There was no significant difference between two groups regarding medication
adherence before the intervention. After the study intervention, the mean scores of medication
adherence check list and medication adherence rating scale in the experimental group were
significantly higher than the control group. Conclusion: Since group psychoeducation was
effective in improving patients' medication adherence, it could be recommended for psychiatric
nurses to apply this intervention in the clinical setting.
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