title: Effect of a behavioral self-regulation intervention on patient adherence in hemodialysis.
abstract: The present study examined the efficacy of a behavioral intervention designed to increase adherence to fluid-intake restrictions among hemodialysis patients. Twenty intervention-group patients were compared with 20 matched control patients on an indicator of fluid-intake adherence at 3 time points. The Group x Time interaction was significant, indicating that patients in the 2 groups exhibited a differential pattern of change in fluid-intake adherence across the follow-up period. The intervention and control groups did not differ significantly in terms of adherence at the initial postintervention period but did differ at the 8-week follow-up. The observed group differences were, in part, due to a trend toward increasingly better adherence in the intervention group and poorer adherence in the control group across the follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. alan-christensen@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Patricia J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wiebe
authors.forename: Shawna L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ehlers
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lawton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D004326:Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role