Investigating Patient Acceptability of Stratified Medicine for Schizophrenia: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health services have advocated a stratified medicine approach in mental health, but little is known about whether service users would accept this approach.

Aims

To explore service users' views of the acceptability of stratified medicine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia compared to the traditional "trial-and-error" approach.

Methods

A mixed methods observational study that explored questionnaire responses on acceptability and whether these responses were affected by demographic or clinical variables. We also investigated whether treatment responsiveness or experience of invasive tests (brain scans and blood tests) affected participants' responses. Questionnaire generated qualitative data were analyzed thematically. Participants (N108) were aged 18-65, h

SUBMITTER: Jilka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650064 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature