Encouraging adherence in adolescents with asthma using financial incentives: An RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication adherence in adolescents remains a significant management challenge and innovative strategies are needed to improve medication adherence. Financial incentives have been used to improve outcomes for health behaviors among adults, but have not been well-studied among adolescents. The objective of this study was to test if a modest financial incentive improved medication adherence in adolescents with asthma compared with a control group.

Methods

Participants were randomized to either control (electronic medication monitoring [EMM] with App reminders/feedback for 4 months) or intervention (EMM + $1 per day for perfect medication adherence for 3 months [maximum $84] followed by 1 month of EMM only). A repeated measures mixed model, with a first order autoreg

SUBMITTER: Keyser HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538420 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature