Psychology - Core Studies - Chaney

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Background

Adherence rates to asthma medication regime are poor in children, Positive reinforcement could help to increase adherence.

Research method

Field experiment

Design

Repeated measures (Test-Retest)

Sampling technique

Random from various clinics in Australia - 100% response rate

Sample females

22

Sample males

10

Condition 1

Standard inhaler

Condition 2

Funhaler

Data collected by questionnaire

Parents view of child attitudes, how often they were successful, how many times they gave recommended 4 breaths etc

Result - how often were they always successful?

3/30 (10%) standard, 22/30 (73%) funhaler

Result - recommended 4 or more cycles (deep breaths) per delivery?

15/30 (50%) standard, 24/30 (80%) funhaler

How many weeks did they use funhaler for?

2

Operant conditioning

Learning theory by Skinner

Positive reinforcement definition

If the consequences of a behaviour are positive it is more likely to be repeated

Incentive module

Chamber with whistle and spinner

Conclusion

Improved adherence, combined with satisfactory delivery characteristics, suggest that the Funhaler may be useful for management of young asthmatics.

Adherence

Following medical advice

IV

device used to administer medication:

• Breath-A-Tech/AeroChamber,

• Funhaler,

DV

Compliance (Questionnaire)

age range?

1.5-6 years

procedure?

parents asked to take part, then sent questionnaire around experience of previous inhaler use,

child then given funhaler to use for 2 weeks,

then given same questionnaire to test differences using funhaler,

results - children unwilling to use the mask?

58% to 3% with funhaler

results - strong fear or dislike?

19% to 0% with funhaler

validity?

Face → aims and conclusions around compliance,

Construct → change between funhaler and standard spacer creates a measure of positive reinforcement,

Concurrent → has a lack, but is a pilot study testing the reliability of the measures,

Ecological → field experiment - in familiar and ordinary environment/situation,

Temporal → other research conducted into novelty instead of positive reinforcement and later studies have proved operant conditioning,

reliability?

internal → posed similar questions that all produced similar results,

external → different children showed improved compliance with funhaler over standard spacer