Evaluation of Subject Response to Antipsychotics - Subjective Aspect and Related Clinical Correlates
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the subjective response to antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia and to assess the related factors such as psychopathology, side effects, insight, and treatment variables. Methodology: A total of 60 patients with schizophrenia were randomized to treatment with risperidone (n-30) or haloperidol (n = 30) daily. Efficacy was assessed by the improvement of psychotic symptoms, measured on the positive and negative syndrome scale. The safety and tolerability were evaluated with the extrapyramidal symptom rating scale, the UKU side effect rating scale, and Insight and Treatment Attitude Questionnaire. Results: Comparing haloperidol group and risperidone group for variables such as sex, age, duration of treatment, literacy level, and drug-free duration before admission was not statistically significant. Hence, both groups are comparable. Haloperidol group had the number of dysphoric patients (21), and risperidone group had only 8 patients who had dysphoria (Chi-square P < 0.01). In psychopathology, subjective response was more dysphoric when paranoid scores were high (significant two-tailed −0.00). In the final assessment total, psychopathology scores were high if dysphoria is high and if psychopathology scores were low and the dysphoria is also low (significant two-tailed −0.00). Dysphoria scores are high if insight is low, and dysphoria scores are low if insight is good. Dysphoria scores increase with increasing side effects and decrease with decreasing insight (significant two-tailed −0.00). Conclusion: Subjective response to risperidone is better than haloperidol. If there is the initial dysphoric response, the treatment response is reduced with low insight and high psychopathology in the dysphoric group.
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V Geethaanjali, C Jayakrishnaveni
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