The article, “Adherence of antidepressants during pregnancy”, addresses medication management and compliance during pregnancy by comparing three methods: Pill count, Beliefs about Medication Questionnaire (BMQ) and Blood Level Monitoring (BLM) with the Medication Event Monitoring system (MEMS). The presented evidence submits that nonadherence with medication is a shared dilemma in pregnant women. Moreover, distinctive consideration is necessitated and utmost to the maternal health as well as the unborn child’s well-being.
Summary of Article
The mental health of the pregnant woman continues to be on the rise as well as the biases of antidepressant medication usage during pregnancy. Hence the need to ensure compliance to medication regimen which will prevent depressive symptoms such as the decline in activities of daily living, inability to pursue treatment, increase danger for pre-eclampsia, suicidal thoughts and ideations to mention a few. According to researchers, about 12.7% of women suffer from depression in pregnancy and the nonadherence to antidepressants creates a significant health risk for mothers and their infants. Consequently, to reduce perinatal risks of relapse of depression the comparison into …show more content…
This observational study comprised of a pregnancy consultation service (PCS) team and interdisciplinary medical professionals using the PASW statistics 18 (release 18.0.1 SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) to analyze and measure the agreement between MEMS and the other adherence methods, Pill count, BMQ, and BML. Moreover, the 29 women participants signed informed consent, followed the study protocol and received full disclosure on the advantages and disadvantages of (dis)continuing antidepressant during pregnancy (Bosman et al.,