Watt et Al: Improving non-adherance

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

Consequences fatal & expensive for nhs

Behaviourism=all behaviour learnt from environment, useful to develop programmes to improve adherence

Particularly hard when patient has no symptoms or it is prevention rather than cure

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

To see if funhaler improves adherence in children for their asthma

Question 3

Method

Answer 3

Field experiment

Question 4

Participant

Answer 4

32 Australian children (10b22g)
age 1.5-6 diagnosed with asthma
parental consent

Question 5

Procedure

Answer 5

Repeated measures, each child given normal inhaler for a week, parents answered questionnaire.
Second week given funhaler and parents given exact same questionnaire.

Question 6

REsults

Answer 6

38% more parents were found to have medicated their children previous day when using funhaler compared to exiting treatment.

Question 7

Conclusions

Answer 7

Previous research showed non adherence in children due to boredom, forgetfulness and apathy.Spinner and whistle in funhaler made medical regime fun, therefore improving adherence