Patient compliance with oral medication instructions /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1986.
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| Online Access: | Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy ProQuest, Abstract |
| Abstract: | The main purpose of this study was to determine if the typical "foot-in-the-door" experimental procedure increased out-patient compliance with oral medication instructions. A secondary purpose of this research was to establish predictive criteria for non-compliant patients. Previous research has indicated that locus of control and to a lesser degree the demographic variables of age, sex, socio-economic status (income) and educational level attained, have at times proven to be predictors, of non-compliant patients. Subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Fifty subjects comprised the experimental group that received the foot-in-the-door technique and fifty subjects were in the control group. All subjects completed Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, Levenson's Internal, Powerful Others and Chance Locus of Control Scale, a demographic characteristics questionnaire and an interview concerning their rate of compliance. It was found that the foot-in-the-door experimental procedure did not increase the rates of compliance for subjects in the experimental group when they were compared with the compliance rates of the subjects in the control group. Although it was believed that subjects with an internal orientation on Rotter's and Levenson's Locus of Control Scales would be more compliant with their medical regimens than their external counterparts this was not found to be the case. Based on the findings of this study, locus of control cannot be used to predict compliance. Age was the only demographic characteristic that exhibited a significant relationship with compliance. The older the subjects tended to be the less compliant there were on average. A multiple regression model for compliance was found to have three predictor variables. The predictor variables were truth, income and education. These variables accounted for 57% of the variance in compliance rates and the model was found to be highly significant. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Counseling Psychology." Typescript (photocopy). Vita. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 86 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-59). |