title: Patient compliance in a well baby clinic. Effect of two modes of intervention.
abstract: One hundred and fifty babies and their mothers, presenting to the Well Baby Clinic of the Pediatric Outpatient Department were studied for compliance. They were divided randomly into three groups, one serving as a control [n = 55] and two as experimental groups [n = 48 and n = 47 respectively]. The latter were exposed to two different intervention methods respectively, in addition to the routine care given to the control group. The three groups were compared in terms of compliance and improvement in knowledge. The results showed that reinforcement of the doctor's advice by a nurse, or written instructions to the patients, did not improve knowledge nor compliance. Possible explanations for such results are given and suggestions for other modes of intervention are made.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002662:Child Health Services; D002960:Civil Disorders; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007861:Lebanon; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011897:Random Allocation