Effect of a behavioral self-regulation intervention on patient adherence in hemodialysis. |
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| Authors: | Alan J Christensen Patricia J Moran John S Wiebe Shawna L Ehlers William J Lawton |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. alan-christensen@uiowa.edu |
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| 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. |
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