Becker - Complience To Medical Regime

Question 1

Method used?

Answer 1

Self report, 45min of clinical tests. A correlation between beliefs reported in the interviews and compliance with self reported administration of asthma medication.

For 70% ps: covert blood tests to test levels of medication. Confirming yen validity of mothers answers in the interview.

Question 2

Participants used?

Answer 2

111 mothers aged 17-54 with children aged from 9-15yrs

Question 3

Procedure?

Answer 3

Each mother was interviewed and asked questions regarding their perception of:

• their child’s susceptibility to illness and asthma
• their beliefs about how serious asthma is
• how much their child’s asthma interfered with their children’s education, caused embarrassment and interfered with mothers activities

Asked about their attitudes to their doctors effectiveness

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

A positive correlation was found between a mothers belief and about her child’s susceptibility to asthma and compliance to a medical regime.

Correlation between the cost of asthma and compliance - negative correlation

2 demographic factors that correlated with compliance were marital status and education.

1 finding found to conflict with HBM was mothers who were compliant report less faith in their medical practitioners

Question 5

What was concluded from the study.

Answer 5

The HBM is a useful model to predict and explain different levels of compliance with medical regimes

Question 6

What is the aim?

Answer 6

To use the HBM to explain mothers adherence to a drug regime for their asthmatic children