WHO reported that adherence among patients with chronic diseases averages only 50% in
developed countries. This is recognized as a significant public health issue, since …

Background: The number of adolescents with chronic health conditions (CHCs) continues to
increase. Medication nonadherence is a global challenge among adolescents across …

Self-management of chronic pediatric conditions is a formidable challenge for patients,
families, and clinicians, with research demonstrating a high prevalence of poor self …

OBJECTIVE—The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is a modular instrument
designed to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents …

Paediatric obesity continues to be one of the most important health issues facing children
and families today, and there remains a need for effective treatment options. There are a few …

From its most famous tale, that of Pandora, hope was meant to prevent the emergence and
reemergence of life difficulties. A new model defining hope as a combination of agentic …

Health care professionals must be alert to the high prevalence of low adherence to treatment
during adolescence. Low adherence increases morbidity and medical complications …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Advanced understanding of modifiable predictors of
health care use in pediatric chronic illness is critical to reducing health care costs. We …

The goals of this second edition are to examine how the areas of health, illness, and
medicine can be studied from a psychological and cultural perspective and to introduce the …

Objective To estimate the effectiveness of adherence-promoting psychological interventions
for pediatric populations with chronic health conditions. Methods A meta-analysis was …