Why patients don't follow medical advice: A study of children on long-term antistreptococcal prophylaxis
The Journal of PediatricsPublished 1 December 1969
Leon Gordis, Milton Markowitz, Abraham M. Lilienfeld
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The data demonstrate the critical importance of sociomedical factors in the long-term management of chronically ill children and adolescents on oral penicillin prophylaxis against rheumatic fever.
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Compliance with physicians' instructions was studied in children and adolescents on oral penicillin prophylaxis against rheumatic fever. Several sociomedical factors were found to be associated with increased risk of noncompliance. This risk increases with the number of factors present. The data demonstrate the critical importance of sociomedical factors in the long-term management of chronically ill children and adolescents. Compliance with physicians' instructions was studied in children and adolescents on oral penicillin prophylaxis against rheumatic fever. Several sociomedical factors were found to be associated with increased risk of noncompliance. This risk increases with the number of factors present. The data demonstrate the critical importance of sociomedical factors in the long-term management of chronically ill children and adolescents.
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