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Adherence to treatment regimen in the pediatric and adolescent populations is equally problematic as it is among adult patients. In studies published before 1982, adherence rates ranging from 20% to 80% have been reported (Dunbar, 1983; Litt Cuskey, 1980). An examination of more recent studies indicates that adherence continues to be problematic, although we know more about the factors that contribute to nonadherence and about methods to improve adherence rates. In addition, adherence rates continue to be quite variable across studies and regimen. For example, adherence rates among control groups or during baseline conditions in 15 adherence intervention studies published between 1982 and 1986 showed adherence levels ranging from 0% to 80%. Six of those studies reported the proportion of children judged to have acceptable adherence, although the criteria for being categorized as such varied between studies. The proportions ranged from 26% to 83% of children (see Table 1).
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Dunbar, J., Waszak, L. (1990). Patient Compliance. In: Gross, A.M., Drabman, R.S. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Behavioral Pediatrics. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0505-7_23
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