IMPROVING ADHERENCE TO MEDICATION REGIMENS FOR CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA AND ITS EFFECT ON CLINICAL OUTCOME
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 30 (4) , 687-691
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1997.30-687
Abstract
We examined the effects of a combined education and token system intervention to improve adherence to inhaled corticosteroids for an 8‐year‐old girl and a 10‐year‐old boy with asthma. Adherence was measured by an electronic chronolog monitor, and disease outcome was assessed by repeated pulmonary function testing. A withdrawal design demonstrated improved adherence and, for 1 child, an associated improvement in pulmonary function occurred. Methodological and clinical implications are discussed, including variables other than adherence that may affect disease outcome.Keywords
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