Medication adherence plays an important role in optimizing the outcomes of many treatment
and preventive regimens in chronic illness. Self-report is the most common method for …

A growing body of research suggests that momentary assessment technologies that sample
experiences in the context of daily life constitute a useful and productive approach in the …

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

Adherence improvement strategies can be broadly classified as educational, organizational,
and behavioral (Dunbar, Marshall, & Hovell, 1979). Educational strategies primarily rely on …

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

Background People with cystic fibrosis have a high treatment burden. While uncertainty
remains about individual patient level of adherence to medication, treatment regimens are …

Recent thymic emigrants can be identified by T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) formed
during T-cell receptor rearrangement. Decreasing numbers of TRECs have been observed …

Background Health care transition of adolescents with chronic conditions may be
unsuccessful when patients have not acquired the necessary skills and developmental …

Background Little is currently known about the co‐morbidity of depression and cystic fibrosis
(CF) and there is currently no empirical research on the effects of depressive symptoms on …

Background Poor adherence to immunosuppressive medications is a major cause of
premature graft loss among children and young adults. Multicomponent interventions have …