title: Effect of nurse-client transaction on female adolescents' oral contraceptive adherence.
abstract: An experimental study was conducted to test the effect of a nurse-client transactional intervention (King, 1981) on 51 female adolescents' oral contraceptive adherence. Subjects were randomly assigned to a control or an experimental group. Both groups experienced the clinics' contraceptive teaching. Subjects in the experimental group experienced the transactional intervention. Contraceptive perceptions were measured immediately post-intervention and at the three-month follow-up. Oral contraceptive adherence was measured at the three-month follow-up. Female adolescents who experienced the transactional intervention had greater levels of oral contraceptive adherence than those who had not (F = 4.15, p < .05).
authors.affiliation: Wichita State University, Kansas.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hanna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010349:Patient Compliance; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012494:Sampling Studies
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral