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The influence of staff‐patient interactions on adherence behaviours
Author(s) -
Zrinyi M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2001.tb00128.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , proxy (statistics) , psychiatry , computer science , machine learning
Summary The research assessed the influence of staff‐patient interactions on adherence to a dietary regimen in dialysis patients. A random sample of 147 subjects provided data on clinical, psychosocial, and demographic measures. Results indicated that staff‐patient interactions determine and predict adherence behaviours. However, the lack of association between the laboratory data and either individual adherence behaviours or staff‐patient interactions raised questions about the validity of these proxy measures of adherence. To better understand the nature of these determinant variables of adherence, more extensive research is suggested.