Kornkaew Chanthapasa

• Khon Kaen University

Purpose Patients with schizophrenia often experience mental illness exacerbations, which lead to frequent re-hospitalization. Non-adherence to medication is the main cause of relapses, despite many patients requiring lifelong treatment. Non-adherence consequences include higher re-admission and suicide rates, worse progression of mental illness, hi...

Introduction: Pharmacists play an important role in smoking cessation programs. A lack of knowledge among pharmacy students can create a barrier to providing smoking cessation support. Pharmacy training programs should integrate smoking cessation techniques into the core curriculum. Objective: We aimed to explore the current teaching practices for...

Background and objectives: Look-twin sound-twin (LTST)-drug-related problems are a worldwide concern because they are associated with safety among medication users. LTST drugs make up one of four types of potentially inappropriate medications circulating within communities. The present study investigates people's perspectives on characteristics of...

There are numerous studies of quality of life (QOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients; however, there are a few studies of spirituality and its association with QOL. Previous studies were done focusing on Western cultures; thus, the study of CKD patients in Eastern cultures would reveal interesting insights. This study was conducted to explo...

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chulalongkorn University, 2004 Both physicians and patients have their own explanatory model, "the notion about an episode of sickness and its treatment that is employed by all those engaged in the clinical process". The difference of explanatory models between physicians and patients is the significant factor causing negative relat...