Financial incentives to improve adherence to antipsychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Source: Health Technology Assessment
Date of publication: September, 2016
Publication type: RCT
In a nutshell: In this study , half of the participants (all with schizophrenia) were offered £15 each time they attended an appointment to receive their injection. Patients who were offered money attended more often and reported a better quality of life.
When the money was stopped, they returned to missing their appointments as before. Both patients and
mental health staff felt mostly positive about the money offer and its effects, which included a better
relationship between patients and staff. A few felt guilty about accepting the money.
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