Abstract
Background: Retention and compliance are hurdles in many clinical trials designed for adolescents. Factors that may improve these issues in a challenging population may lead to increased data and power in much needed adolescent substance abuse research.
Methods: Within a large-scale smoking cessation study for adolescents, physician continuity (PC) was examined to determine its effect on retention, compliance, and cessation.
Results: In an analysis of 98 participants, participants with physician continuity throughout the study were more likely to attend more treatment visits and be medication compliant. It was also found that PC had no effect on participant smoking cessation.
Conclusions: It appears that PC may be one way to increase retention and compliance within an adolescent clinical trial, without interfering with the specific aim of the research study (in this case, smoking cessation).
Keywords: Adolescent research, substance use, compliance.
Adolescent Psychiatry
Title:Does Physician Continuity Within a Clinical Trial Increase Retention and Compliance Among Adolescent Smokers?
Volume: 3 Issue: 2
Author(s): A. Lee Lewis, Nathaniel Baker, Matthew Carpenter, Erin Klintworth and Kevin M. Gray
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Keywords: Adolescent research, substance use, compliance.
Abstract: Background: Retention and compliance are hurdles in many clinical trials designed for adolescents. Factors that may improve these issues in a challenging population may lead to increased data and power in much needed adolescent substance abuse research.
Methods: Within a large-scale smoking cessation study for adolescents, physician continuity (PC) was examined to determine its effect on retention, compliance, and cessation.
Results: In an analysis of 98 participants, participants with physician continuity throughout the study were more likely to attend more treatment visits and be medication compliant. It was also found that PC had no effect on participant smoking cessation.
Conclusions: It appears that PC may be one way to increase retention and compliance within an adolescent clinical trial, without interfering with the specific aim of the research study (in this case, smoking cessation).
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Lewis A. Lee, Baker Nathaniel, Carpenter Matthew, Klintworth Erin and M. Gray Kevin, Does Physician Continuity Within a Clinical Trial Increase Retention and Compliance Among Adolescent Smokers?, Adolescent Psychiatry 2013; 3 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2210676611303020011
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2210676611303020011 |
Print ISSN 2210-6766 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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