Cited by 48Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedication Adherence and ComplianceMental Health Treatment and Access

Attitudes towards the administration of long-acting antipsychotics: a survey of physicians and nurses

Open access
Geerts, Paul, Martinez, Guadalupe, Schreiner, Andreas·2013·BMC Psychiatry

Abstract

Background: Discontinuation of antipsychotic treatment for schizophrenia can interrupt improvement and exacerbate the illness. Reasons for discontinuing treatment are multifactorial and include adherence, efficacy and tolerability issues. Poor adherence may be addressed through non-pharmacological approaches as well as through pharmacological ones, ie ensured delivery of medication, such as that achieved with long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics. However, attitudes of healthcare professionals (HCPs) towards LAI antipsychotics may influence their prescribing decisions and may influence medication choices offered to patients. We therefore conducted a survey to investigate factors driving LAI use as well as physician and nurse attitudes to LAI antipsychotics and to different injection sites. Methods: An independent market research agency conducted the survey of HCPs across Europe. Participants were recruited by telephone and completed the survey online. Using conjoint analyses (a multivariate statistical technique analysing preferences on the basis of ranking a limited number of attributes which are presented repetitively), attitudes to oral versus LAI medication and gluteal versus deltoid injection routes were assessed. Results: A total of 891 HCPs across Europe were surveyed. Of these, 40% would choose LAI antipsychotics for first episode patients whereas 90% would select LAI antipsychotics for chronic patients with two to five psychotic episodes. Dominant elements in antipsychotic choice were low sedation but no tardive dyskinesia, no or mild pain at injection and low risk of embarrassment or impact upon therapeutic alliance. Eighty-six per cent of respondents considered that having the choice of a deltoid as well as gluteal administration site was beneficial over not having that choice. Two thirds of respondents said they agreed that medication administration via the deltoid muscle may reduce social embarrassment associated with LAI antipsychotics and most respondents (61%) believed that administration of LAI antipsychotics into the deltoid muscle as opposed to the gluteal muscle may be more respectful to the patient. Conclusions: In this survey of physicians and nurses, attitudes towards LAI antipsychotics compared with oral medication were generally positive. Respondents considered that the availability of a deltoid administration route would offer increased choice in LAI antipsychotic administration and may be perceived as more respectful and less socially embarrassing.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1186/1471-244x-13-58

Cites

45 of 45 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

1 of the 46 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (Five Volume Set) Thomson Gale 2001 edition

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Geerts, P., Martinez, G., & Schreiner, A.
Affiliations
  • Janssen (Belgium) (BE)
  • Johnson & Johnson (Germany) (DE)
Corresponding author
Schreiner, Andreas
Venue
BMC Psychiatry
Published
2013-02-17
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
58-58
ISSN
1471-244X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2069708772
Cited by
48
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2
FWCI
2.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • BMC Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Medication Adherence and Compliance
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
long-acting injectable antipsychotics, schizophrenia, physician attitudes, nurse attitudes, clinician attitudes, injection site, deltoid injection, gluteal injection, oral antipsychotics, treatment discontinuation, medication adherence, conjoint analysis, social embarrassment, tardive dyskinesia
MeSH terms
Administration, Oral, Attitude of Health Personnel, Data Collection, Delayed-Action Preparations, Europe, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular, Nurses, Physicians, Schizophrenia, Antipsychotic Agents

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review