Treatment adherence is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the extent to which the patient's history of therapeutic drug-taking coincides with the prescribed treatment. In patients suffering from psychiatrical diseases, especially in those who are suffering from schizophrenic spectrum disorders, the quality of treatment adherence has to be improved. Indeed, non adherance to anti-psychotic treatment increases the risk of hospitalization, of substance use, violent behaviour and of functionnal and cognitif impairment. Selfcompassion, which involves being touched by and open to one's own suffering and to heal oneself with kindness and without judgement and self-criticism has never beed studied as a possible factor infuencing treatment adherence. This study aims to evaluate if a link between selfcompassion and treatment adherence exists in patients suffering from schizophrenic spectrum disorders.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
self-administered questionnaires as well as clinical assessment of schizophrenia symptoms and depression.
CHU Amiens
Amiens, France
Average level of self compassion
The level of self compassion will be assessed with the french version of the Self-compassion scale developped and tested by K.Neff. Average scores for the Self-Compassion Scale are around 3.0 on the 1-5 Likert scale, a score of 1-2.5 indicates low self-compassion, 2.5-3.5 indicates moderate, and 3.5-5.0 is an indication of high self-compassion
Time frame: one hour
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