ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH THE KETOGENIC DIET
Open Access
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 28 (3) , 341-342
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1995.28-341
Abstract
The ketogenic diet, a treatment for intractable epilepsy, is rarely initiated because it requires strict compliance with a diet that is perceived to be unpalatable. In a case study of a 15-year-old girl with uncontrolled epilepsy, we used a stimulus-choice procedure to assess relative preferences of 33 foods from the diet and to develop two treatments based on Premack's principle. The results of a multielement analysis showed that both treatments increased dietary compliance. Compliance was maintained with generalization of treatment across settings, and was associated with a 40% reduction in seizures.Keywords
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