Denial and Compliance in Adults With Asthma

Elizabeth F. McGann, Dorothy Sexton and Deborah A. Chyun
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Elizabeth F. McGann: Department of Nursing, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, Elizabeth.mcgann@quinnipiac.edu
Dorothy Sexton: College of Nursing, New York University, New York
Deborah A. Chyun: College of Nursing, New York University, New York

Clinical Nursing Research, 2008, vol. 17, issue 3, 151-170

Abstract: A descriptive study examining the relationship of denial of illness and compliance with inhaled controller asthma medications is conducted with 51 adults taking inhaled asthma controller medications. Affective and cognitive denial are assessed with the Levine Denial of Illness Scale. Severity is determined by portable spirometry; compliance is measured for 2 weeks with DOSER, a microelectronic monitor. The mean percent compliance rate for inhaled controller medications is 36%, with only 10.4% of the participants demonstrating optimal compliance (>80%). Although cognitive denial is not significantly associated with compliance, those in the suboptimal compliance group do have significantly higher information avoidance subscale scores ( M = 1.88; p = .02). Affective denial is inversely correlated with compliance ( r = —.31; p = .05) and is significantly higher in the suboptimal compliance group ( M = 11.51; p =.05). These study findings suggest that affective denial may be a contributor to suboptimal compliance.

Keywords: asthma; compliance; adherence; denial; microelectronic monitoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773808320273

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