Watt Et Al - Improving Adherance

Question 1

What type of experiment was it??

Answer 1

Field

Question 2

How many pps

Answer 2

32 Aussie children
10 boys
22 girls

Question 3

Age range of pps?

Answer 3

1.5 -6 years

Question 4

What had the pps been diagnosed with ??

Answer 4

They had all been diagnosed as an asthmatic and prescribed drugs

Question 5

What’s the provedure?

Answer 5

A repeated measure design was used on which each child was given the normal inhaler ‘breath a tech’ to use for a week and parent did a questionnaire

2nd week = gunna let
Similar questionnaire with matched questions

Question 6

What’s the results ?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What were the conclusions ?

Answer 7

Previous research ca e reasons for non adherence such as Bordem , forgetfulness and apathy

Funhaler set out to reinforce correct usage of inhaler

Fh improved adherence to the medication , do by making the medical reigime fun adherence , certainly I kids , can be improved

Question 8

What’s the aim?

Answer 8

To see if using a dungaree can improve children’s adherence to medication for asthma