Examining the Association between Emotional Dysregulation and Treatment Burden.

Treatment burden contributes to suboptimal adherence and lower health-related quality of life among people diagnosed with chronic conditions, but little is known about how the psychological process of emotional dysregulation influences treatment burden. To explore this relationship, we conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional study comprised of 149 men and women diagnosed with one or more Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Systems defined chronic conditions recruited from a single primary care setting. Multivariate analyses demonstrated emotional dysregulation as an independent factor contributing to total ( < .