Medication Adherence and Its Relationship With Quality of Life and Functionality in Individuals With Bipolar Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.

Purpose: The current cross-sectional correlational study aimed to determine the relationship of medication adherence with functionality and quality of life in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD).

Method: The research was conducted with 141 individuals with BD followed as outpatients. Data were collected using an information form, Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS), Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder Scale (QoL.

Relationship between frailty and loneliness among community-dwelling Turkish older people.

Background: The scarcity of concrete data between loneliness and frailty was found and to fill this gap, the present study aimed to examine the relationship between frailty and loneliness in elderly individuals. The study was conducted to determine the relationship between loneliness and frailty in individuals aged 65 and over.

Method: The study had a cross-sectional descriptive correlational design.