The effectiveness of treatment with the herb St. John's wort and compliance of patients with disorders of the depressive spectrum, depending on their perception of the professionalism of the attending physician

In article results of research of efficiency of treatment of patients with an established diagnosis of depressive episode of mild to moderate severity and compliance of these patients, based on the number of passes of the drug. The effectiveness of therapy was evaluated in dynamics, before treatment, after 1 month and after 3 months of therapy according to clinical scale questionnaire depression A. Beck. Additionally, investigated subjective satisfaction with the professionalism of the attending physician, according to the visual analogue 10-point scale. The study involved 45 patients, 18 people were diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder, current episode mild or moderate depression (F31.3), 15 depressive episodes of mild (F32.0), and 12 patients depressive episode average degree (F32.1). The study determined that the effectiveness of treatment with the herb St. John's wort was not sufficiently high. Thus, at the beginning of therapy a big role in ensuring compliance played satisfaction with the professionalism of the attending physician. In the future, the role of this factor is significantly reduced and after three months of therapy, a greater effect on compliance of patients had their level of depression and not the subjective satisfaction with the professionalism of the attending physician.