Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on initial journal writing, thoughtful participation in class discussions, adherence to editorial, design, or business perspectives in group discussions, and thoughtful completion of presentation posters demonstrating an editorial concept, site design, or business model for Web sites of their own design.
The completion rate of treatment plan, frequency of case discussion, treatment adherence, and documentation of side effects were also improved [ 19].
This appeared to be achieved through a combination of hearing about other children's experiences of taking pills together with group discussions on treatment adherence.
An open-ended approach may avoid future emotional trauma or stigmatization and assist patients in overcoming self-imposed barriers to depression discussion, symptom disclosure, treatment adherence and follow-up care.
In phase 2, the findings and discussion from included papers relating to treatment adherence (or non-adherence) by caregivers were imported into Nvivo9 software.
We chose focus groups so that the group exchange would facilitate discussion about barriers to and facilitators of treatment adherence when living with multiple medical comorbidities.
Treatment adherence was monitored by the direct observation of treatment sessions, by case discussions in supervision meetings, and by a review of the records and treatment protocols.
For example, in a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials testing antiretroviral treatment adherence interventions, Simoni [ 16] found that giving basic information to patients, and engaging them in discussion about helping them to overcome cognitive factors, lack of motivation and unrealistic expectations about adherence, were effective in improving adherence.
Discussion between the patient and clinician facilitated through the use of a side effect self-report questionnaire (SRQ) could lead to improved communications and treatment adherence.
Discussion of potentially useful strategies to manage side effects such as irritability will help alleviate caregiver stress and may improve treatment adherence.
The characteristics that promote intervention success include delivery at the individual-level (as opposed to those delivered in groups), duration of 12 weeks or more, and interactive discussions about adherence [ 42, 43].
