Table 4

Patients' attitudes toward medication ^§

Total

sample

(N=99–100)*

Swiss

(N=53–54)*

European

Union

(N=17–25)*

Others

(N=17–21)*

p

Do you believe that you could have been treated

without medication?

34.0%

29.6%

28.0%

52.4%

0.15

Is your self image modified by the medication you

are taking?

48.5%

43.4%

56.0%

52.4%

0.55

What is your general opinion about taking medications?

(% positive or very positive)

59.0%

68.5%

64.0%

28.6%

0.007

What is your general opinion about taking psychiatric

medications? (% positive or very positive)

44.0%

51.9%

40.0%

28.6%

0.19

Are you going to take your medication as prescribed

after discharge from the hospital? (% probably yes or yes)

94.0%

94.4%

92.0%

95.2%

0.86

Do you consider all medications the same way?

16.0%

16.7%

8.0%

23.8%

0.35

Do you receive a treatment that you could not get in

your country of origin?

17.6%

58.8%

0.032

Could you receive, in your country of origin,

a treatment you do not get here?

13.0%

31.6%

0.26

Do you think you get the same treatment as a Swiss

patient?

78.3%

90.0%

0.42

Do you think you have the same reaction to

medication as a Swiss patient?

82.6%

45.0%

0.013

* Missing values excluded from % calculation.

^§ Percents refer to patients who answered "yes" or "yes, very much", unless indicated otherwise

Thorens et al. BMC Psychiatry 2008 8:55   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-8-55