Assessing medication adherence self-efficacy among low-literacy patients: development of a pictographic visual analogue scale
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Assessing medication adherence self-efficacy among low-literacy patients: development of a pictographic visual analogue scale.
Health behavior interventions are often grounded in Social Cognitive Theory, but instruments used to assess self-efficacy rely on verbal skills and yield scores that are highly positively skewed. Based on a review of the research literature and qualitative research with key informants, a pictographic medication adherence self-efficacy scale was developed. Two studies were conducted to test the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Education Research
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1465-3648
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg106