50 Years Ago in TheJournal ofPediatrics: Why Patients Don't Follow Medical Advice: A Study of Children on Long-Term Antistreptococcal Prophylaxis.
50 Years Ago in TheJournal ofPediatrics: Why Patients Don't Follow Medical Advice: A Study of Children on Long-Term Antistreptococcal Prophylaxis.
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50 年前,《儿科杂志》:为什么患者不遵循医疗建议:一项针对儿童长期抗链球菌预防的研究。
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10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.05.047
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2019
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Ross,LainieFriedman
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Sobotka,SarahA;Ross,LainieFriedman
Gordis et al describe a cohort study of children with a history of rheumatic fever who, in collaboration with school nurses, were followed with weekly randomly scheduled urine specimens to determine compliance with recommended oral penicillin prophylaxis. To identify risk factors for noncompliance, the authors examined a cohort of 111 African American children with complete data. Correlations with demographic and medical factors, rheumatic fever and penicillin knowledge, family structure, and cultural and attitudinal factors were examined. Adolescents and female children were found to be less compliant, whereas hospitalization for rheumatic heart disease and parental involvement at any age (as indicated by accompanying their child to the clinic) were associated with increased treatment adherence. Importantly, there was no correlation with parental income, education, or occupation, or living in a single parent home. The authors recommended intensive followup efforts be directed at patients with multiple risk factors for noncompliance.Today, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are rare in the developed world but remain high in developing regions. 1 Studies in areas of high prevalence have determined that lack of access to medical care (eg, lack of insurance coverage or long distance to health facilities) contribute to poor adherence, 2, 3 factors notably not studied by Gordis et al. In addition, in a population-based investigation conducted in New Caledonia, recommendations included both individual-level interventions (eg, increasing patient education), and systemlevel solutions (eg, an appointed nurse to coordinate a registry system). 2 This modern focus on system-level interventions to influence individual health highlights the evolving understanding of the importance of social and institutional determinants of health over the last 5 decades.