White Coat Adherence over the First Year of Therapy in Pediatric Epilepsy

• Published in: The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 161; no. 4; pp. 695 - 699.e1
• Main Authors: Modi, Avani C., Ingerski, Lisa M., Rausch, Joseph R., Glauser, Tracy A., Drotar, Dennis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Maryland Heights, MO Elsevier Inc 01.10.2012; Mosby, Inc; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anticonvulsants; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; caregivers; Child; Child, Preschool; children; Communication; decision making; drug therapy; epilepsy; Epilepsy - drug therapy; Female; General aspects; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Health participants; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; monitoring; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Office Visits; Patient Compliance; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Pediatrics; prospective studies; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; regression analysis; statistics & numerical data; therapeutic use; MEMS; Medication event monitoring systems; Human; Pediatrics; Nervous system diseases; Treatment; Health staff; Epilepsy; Central nervous system disease; Treatment compliance; Adhesion; Child; Cerebral disorder

To examine white coat adherence over time in children with epilepsy. This was a longitudinal prospective study to examine medication adherence prior to and following consecutive clinic visits over a 13-month period in 120 children with newly diagnosed epilepsy (Mage = 7.2 ± 2.9 years; 38% female) an...