Treatment adherence on long-term conditions
Background
It is very important to assess and understand the extent to which patients adhere to their treatment as it has considerable implications for patient health outcomes and health care provision.
The research studies are measuring adherence across a range of long-term conditions (including rheumatoid arthritis, end-stage renal disease and haemophilia) and exploring psychosocial factors that may be associated with adherence in these patients.
The groups are increasingly drawing on the body of knowledge in psychology about behaviour change, and are applying this knowledge to clinical to develop novel interventions aimed at improving adherence.
Projects
- Adherence to prophylaxis among adolescents and young adults with haemophilia in the UK (University of Hertfordshire Funded Studentship).
- Piloting a novel intervention for improving phosphate control in non-adherent HD patients (Funded British Renal Society - £28,565).
- Psychological models of treatment adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis (ESRC Case Studentship - £74,000 – now completed).
- Psychological predictors of intentional non-adherence to phosphate binders in end-stage renal disease (MSc project – now completed).
People
University of Hertfordshire staff
Prof Ken Farrington
Dr Nick Troop – Psychology
Sandra Van Os
Vari Wileman
Dr David Wellsted
Josefine Magnusson
Collaborators
Dr Mike Almond, Southend University NHS Trust
Dr Chris Armitage – University of Sheffield
Dr Joseph Chilcot – Institute of Psychiatry
Dr Lyndsay Hughes – Kings College, London
Dr Andrew Davenport, Royal Free NHS Trust
Maria Da Silva Gane – East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Prof Rob Horne – University of London
Prof Adam Young – West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust