Background Non-adherence to prescribed treatments is the primary cause of treatment
failure in pediatric long-term conditions. Greater understanding of parents and caregivers' …

OBJECTIVE: The meta-synthesis was used to explore the experiences of siblings of children
with PCIs to understand their perspectives; in particular, we observed what they feel had …

Objective: To evaluate prospectively the association between parental anxiety during
treatment for childhood leukemia and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) after treatment …

Objectives This study was conducted to explore the relationships between illness
perceptions, emotional representations, treatment beliefs and reported adherence in …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common life-shortening genetic
disease and is associated with poor psychosocial and quality of life outcomes. The objective …

OBJECTIVES: To determine treatment compliance and how compliance was perceived by
patients, parents and by a multidisciplinary team in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients. Also to …

Present‐day society has produced changes in family living patterns and conditions and this
has resulted in new stressors and health problems. Most children and adolescents with …

ABSTRACT Introduction: Socioeconomic status (SES), which indicates one's access to
financial, educational, and social resources, is a powerful determinant of health outcomes in …

Well siblings of chronically ill children experience family disruptions that profoundly affect
them. Previous research focusing on well siblings' experiences has often produced …

Treatment adherence in adolescents with chronic diseases is around 50%, and failure is
more common in preventive therapy. In haemophilia, contradictory results are reported by …