title: The effect of a practitioner's touch on a patient's medication compliance.
abstract: Although the positive effect of touch on compliance has been widely found in the literature, a new evaluation has been carried out in a health setting. Four general practitioners were instructed to slightly touch (or not) their adult patients who suffered from a pharyngitis when they asked them for a verbal promise to take the prescribed antibiotic medication. One week later, patients were solicited at home to evaluate the number of tablets that were taken. Greater medication compliance was found in the touch condition.
authors.affiliation: Université de Bretagne-Sud, LSHS, Lorient, France. nicolas.gueguen@univ-ubs.fr
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guéguen
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014110:Touch; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents