Objective The present meta-analysis compared the quality of the parent–child relationship
as well as parenting behaviors and styles of families with a child with chronic physical illness …

Objectives Adherence to medical regimens for children and adolescents with chronic
conditions is generally below 50% and is considered the single, greatest cause of treatment …

A substantial research base developed over the past 30 years provides evidence for the
significant role of psychosocial factors in the management of T1D in children and …

In a review of the literature from 1948 to 2001, 122 studies were found that correlated
structural or functional social support with patient adherence to medical regimens. Meta …

The well-known positive association between health and income in adulthood has
antecedents in childhood. Not only is children's health positively related to household …

Adherence improvement strategies can be broadly classified as educational, organizational,
and behavioral (Dunbar, Marshall, & Hovell, 1979). Educational strategies primarily rely on …

Alan M Delamatera, Maartje de Witb, Vincent McDarbyc, Jamil Malikd and Carlo L Acerinie
aDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; …

Health care professionals must be alert to the high prevalence of low adherence to treatment
during adolescence. Low adherence increases morbidity and medical complications …

CONTEXT: Although adherence has been identified in practice guidelines for youth with
type 1 diabetes to promote optimal glycemic control, there has been no systematic …

OBJECTIVE—To examine psychometric properties of the Self-Care Inventory-revised (SCI-
R), a self-report measure of perceived adherence to diabetes self-care recommendations …