title: Medication compliance in children with asthma.
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine whether self-management skills, when taught to asthmatic children and their parents, would improve medication compliance. The latter was assessed by a variety of procedures including serum theophylline levels, pill counts by parents, and self-monitoring measures. Results indicated a group receiving self-management training showed no greater gains in medication compliance, self-concept, or health locus of control than did a self-monitoring-only group. However, children in the former group became more responsible for initiating appropriate treatment for their attacks than did youngsters in the latter group.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012649:Self Concept; D013806:Theophylline / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013806:Theophylline