Publications by authors named "Donna Caruthers"
Background: Behavioral intervention effectiveness in randomized controlled trials requires fidelity to the protocol. Fidelity assessment tools tailored to the intervention may strengthen intervention research.
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the assessment of fidelity to the structured intervention protocol in an examination of a nurse-delivered telephone intervention designed to improve medication adherence.
Aim: This paper is a report of an examination of the psychometric properties of the HIV Medication Taking Self-efficacy Scale.
Background: Self-efficacy is a critically important component of strategies to improve HIV medication-taking; however, valid and reliable tools for assessing HIV medication-taking self-efficacy are limited.
Method: We used a cross-sectional, correlational design.
Background: To date, only a few studies have examined the mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between depressive symptoms or perceived social support and medication adherence in persons with HIV.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of perceived social support, depressive symptoms and medication-taking self-efficacy on self-reported medication adherence in persons with HIV. A proposed comprehensive model included three mediation hypotheses in order to examine the mediating roles of medication-taking self-efficacy and depressive symptoms.
Background: The smoking prevalence rate among pregnant adolescents has been estimated at 59-62%, and 60-80% of these adolescents continue to smoke throughout their pregnancies.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the short- and long-term effects of smoking cessation strategies tailored to the pregnant adolescent to attain and maintain abstinence. The specific aim was to examine differences in short- and long-term smoking behaviors among three groups: Teen FreshStart (TFS), Teen FreshStart Plus Buddy (TFS-B), and Usual Care (UC) control.
Characteristics of inner-city pregnant smoking teenagers.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs
September 2002
Objective: To describe baseline characteristics of inner-city pregnant adolescent smokers and examine these variables as potential predictors of long-term tobacco abstinence.
Study Design: Descriptive study design of the characteristics of pregnant adolescent smokers, with conceptual underpinnings from the Problem-Behavior Theory.
Setting: Recruitment and data collection were completed in inner-city outpatient clinics and public schools.