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PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS ADHERENCE: A LOOK AT HEALTH BELIEFS

Wightman, Nicole R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1294720740

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2011, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a fatal genetic disease that targets the respiratory and digestive systems and requires a multitude of daily treatments. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between children’s and their parents’ reported medical adherence with their health beliefs, using the Health Belief Model (HBM). Participants were 33 parent-children dyads from a Midwestern CF center. Participants completed questionnaires regarding their adherence to medical regimens and health beliefs related to adherence. The present study found that the HBM variables accounted for 50% of the variance in children’s self-reported overall adherence and 38% of the variance in their parents’ report of their child’s overall adherence. When evaluating separate treatment components, the HBM variables were related to children’s self-reported adherence to aerosols, aerosol antibiotics, and vitamins and their parents’ report of their child’s adherence to airway clearance, oral antibiotics, and vitamins. Significant differences were found in children’s and parents’ report of their health beliefs (i.e., susceptibility, severity, barriers). These data suggest that interventions to increase adherence should focus on children and their parents, individually, as well as by specific medical treatment.
Beth Wildman, PhD (Advisor)
Maria Zaragoza, PhD (Committee Member)
Tracy Masterson, PhD (Committee Member)
Jeff Ciesla, PhD (Committee Member)
81 p.
Psychology
Cystic Fibrosis; Adherence; Health Belief Model

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  • Wightman, N. R. (2011). PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS ADHERENCE: A LOOK AT HEALTH BELIEFS [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1294720740

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wightman, Nicole. PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS ADHERENCE: A LOOK AT HEALTH BELIEFS. 2011. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1294720740.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wightman, Nicole. "PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS ADHERENCE: A LOOK AT HEALTH BELIEFS." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1294720740

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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