Patients’ experiences of long-acting injectable antipsychotics: a qualitative study

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Table 1 Semi-structured interview guide

Questions
1. Please talk about your experience of using psychiatric drugs.
2. How do you benefit from antipsychotics?
3. Did your doctor mention about the reason behind using antipsychotics? What do you think?
4. Why did you decide to use LAI?
5. Have you ever received oral antipsychotics before? What is the difference between them and LAIs?
6. What is the change in your life after using LAIs?
7. Is there any difference between your expectations before and after using LAIs? If so, what is it?
8. What is the attitude of your family and people surrounding you toward LAI? Does that influence you?
9. When I mention about oral pills and/or LAI, what thoughts come in your mind?

Abbreviation: LAI, long-acting injectable antipsychotic.

Table 2 Demographic data of the participants

No	Sex	Age	Education	Job	Diagnosis	Site	Duration of LAI	Attitude
1	M	44	University	Yes	BD	Ward	Once	Positive
2	M	46	Junior high	No	SCZ, SUD	Ward	2 years	Positive
3	M	NA	Junior high	No	SCZ	NA	6 months	Negative
4	F	29	Senior high	No	BD	OPD	5 years	Negative
5	M	43	University	Yes	BD	OPD	2 years	Neutral
6	M	39	Junior high	Yes	SCZ	OPD	1 year	Positive
7	F	27	Senior high	Yes	BD	OPD	10 months	Positive
8	F	49	College	Yes	SA	OPD	3 year 8 months	Positive
9	F	33	College	Yes	BD	OPD	3 years	Neutral
10	F	49	Senior high	No	BD	OPD	2 year 5 months	Positive
11	F	43	Junior high	No	SCZ	Ward	8 years	Positive
12	F	42	College	Yes	SCZ	OPD	7 years	Negative
13	F	46	Junior high	No	SCZ	Ward	4 years	Positive
14	F	52	Senior high	Yes	SCZ	OPD	5 months	Positive

Abbreviations: BD, bipolar I disorder; OPD, out-patient department; SA, schizoaffective disorder; SCZ, schizophrenia; SUD, substance use disorder; NA, Participant refused to be disclosed.

Figure 1 Enrollment of participants.

Figure 2 Themes to describe participants’ experience of using LAIs.

Data availability

The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.