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Enhancing commitment improves adherence to a medical regimen.

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Putnam, DE; Finney, JW; Barkley, PL; Bonner, MJ
Published in: J Consult Clin Psychol
February 1994

A commitment-based intervention was evaluated for improvement of adherence to a 10-day antibiotic regimen. Experimental Ss made verbal and written commitments for adherence and completed tasks designed to increase their investment in a medication regimen. Control Ss performed similarly structured tasks unrelated to the medical regimen. Adherence, measured by unannounced pill counts, was significantly higher for experimental subjects than for control Ss. Self-reported adherence was significantly correlated with posttest self-efficacy but not with pretest self-efficacy. Adherence to a medical regimen may be improved by strategies conceptually based on the investment model of commitment, which provides a useful framework for further study of adherence.

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J Consult Clin Psychol

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0022-006X

Publication Date

February 1994

Volume

62

Issue

1

Start / End Page

191 / 194

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Student Health Services
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Patient Compliance
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
 

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Putnam, D. E., Finney, J. W., Barkley, P. L., & Bonner, M. J. (1994). Enhancing commitment improves adherence to a medical regimen. J Consult Clin Psychol, 62(1), 191–194. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.62.1.191
Putnam, D. E., J. W. Finney, P. L. Barkley, and M. J. Bonner. “Enhancing commitment improves adherence to a medical regimen.J Consult Clin Psychol 62, no. 1 (February 1994): 191–94. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.62.1.191.
Putnam DE, Finney JW, Barkley PL, Bonner MJ. Enhancing commitment improves adherence to a medical regimen. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1994 Feb;62(1):191–4.
Putnam, D. E., et al. “Enhancing commitment improves adherence to a medical regimen.J Consult Clin Psychol, vol. 62, no. 1, Feb. 1994, pp. 191–94. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0022-006x.62.1.191.
Putnam DE, Finney JW, Barkley PL, Bonner MJ. Enhancing commitment improves adherence to a medical regimen. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1994 Feb;62(1):191–194.

Published In

J Consult Clin Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0022-006X

Publication Date

February 1994

Volume

62

Issue

1

Start / End Page

191 / 194

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Student Health Services
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Patient Compliance
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents