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Predictors Of Treatment Adherence In Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Role Of Age, Body Satisfaction And Prospective Memory In Medication And Diet Behavior., Christina Helen Vlahou
Predictors Of Treatment Adherence In Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Role Of Age, Body Satisfaction And Prospective Memory In Medication And Diet Behavior., Christina Helen Vlahou
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; Crohn’s disease & ulcerative colitis) is a chronic illness in which medication and dietary adherence may determine disease natural history and severity of symptoms. We hypothesized that age, prospective memory (PM) and body satisfaction would predict medication and dietary adherence in adolescents with IBD and that gender and age would modify the relation between body satisfaction and adherence, with older girls being less adherent than younger children. Fifty-seven participants aged 10-21 (M = 16.5, SD = 2.3) with IBD and their caregivers were recruited. Informed consent, demographics and body satisfaction questionnaires were completed. PM was assessed …