The differential outcomes procedure enhances adherence to treatment: A simulated study with healthy adults

Molina M.; Plaza V.; Fuentes L.J.; Estévez A.F.

dc.contributor.author	Molina M.
dc.contributor.author	Plaza V.
dc.contributor.author	Fuentes L.J.
dc.contributor.author	Estévez A.F.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-02T22:23:29Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-02T22:23:29Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier	10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01780
dc.identifier.citation	6, NOV, -
dc.identifier.issn	16641078
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12728/5370
dc.description	Memory for medical recommendations is a prerequisite for good adherence to treatment, and therefore to ameliorate the negative effects of the disease, a problem that mainly affects people with memory deficits. We conducted a simulated study to test the utility of a procedure (the differential outcomes procedure, DOP) that may improve adherence to treatment by increasing the patient's learning and retention of medical recommendations regarding medication. The DOP requires the structure of a conditional discriminative learning task in which correct choice responses to specific stimulus-stimulus associations are reinforced with a particular reinforcer or outcome. In two experiments, participants had to learn and retain in their memory the pills that were associated with particular disorders. To assess whether the DOP improved long-term retention of the learned disorder/pill associations, participants were asked to perform two recognition memory tests, 1 h and 1 week after completing the learning phase. The results showed that compared with the standard non-differential outcomes procedure, the DOP produced better learning and long-term retention of the previously learned associations. These findings suggest that the DOP can be used as a useful complementary technique in intervention programs targeted at increasing adherence to clinical recommendations. © 2015 Molina, Plaza, Fuentes and Estévez.
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Frontiers Research Foundation
dc.subject	Adherence to treatment
dc.subject	Differential outcomes procedure
dc.subject	Discriminative learning
dc.subject	Healthy adults
dc.subject	Long-term memory
dc.title	The differential outcomes procedure enhances adherence to treatment: A simulated study with healthy adults
dc.type	Article

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