Open AccessPatterns of Asthma Medication Use across the Transition to High School
Author(s) -
Elizabeth L. McQuaid,
Sheryl J. Kopel,
Ronald Seifer,
Alayna P. Tackett,
Michael Farrow,
Daphne Koinis-Mitchell,
Shira Dunsiger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab001
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , psychological intervention , ethnic group , latent class model , medication adherence , demography , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology , statistics , mathematics
Adherence to asthma controller medications is suboptimal among adolescents. We evaluated predictors of adherence and longitudinal patterns of medication use between 8th and 10th grade among a sample of youth of diverse race/ethnicity.