Assessment of Adherence With Multiple Informants in Pre-Adolescents With Spina Bifida: Initial Development of a Multidimensional, Multitask Parent-Report Questionnaire

Adherence to medical regimens was assessed in 67 preadolescents with spina bifida (8- and 9-year-olds; 37 boys, 30 girls), with mother, father, teacher, and health professional report. The Parent-Report of Medical Adherence in Spina Bifida Scale (PROMASB) was developed and includes multidimensional...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 1998-06, Vol.70 (3), p.427-440
Main Authors: Holmbeck, Grayson N., Belvedere, Mariana C., Christensen, Michelle, Czerwinski, Ann Marie, Hommeyer, Jennifer S., Johnson, Sharon Z., Kung, Eva
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adherence
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Children
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Medical treatment
Miscellaneous
Motivation
Observer Variation
Parent-Child Relations
Patient Care Team
Patient Compliance - psychology
Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Self Care
Spina bifida
Spina Bifida Cystica - psychology
Spina Bifida Cystica - rehabilitation
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Summary:Adherence to medical regimens was assessed in 67 preadolescents with spina bifida (8- and 9-year-olds; 37 boys, 30 girls), with mother, father, teacher, and health professional report. The Parent-Report of Medical Adherence in Spina Bifida Scale (PROMASB) was developed and includes multidimensional scales for the following tasks: catheterization, bowel care, skin care, medication, and ambulation. With few exceptions, the PROMASB has adequate psychometric properties. However, findings revealed modest to low correlations between respondents. Mothers and fathers reported significantly more noncompliance than teachers and health professionals. For the most part, all informants reported that most children were compliant across all tasks. Additional analyses based on qualitative data suggest that parents attribute compliance difficulties to motivational as well as attentional-memory factors.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1207/s15327752jpa7003_3