{"title":"The use of behavior modification techniques for the treatment of hemodialysis patient non-compliance: a case study.","authors":"W J Wenerowicz","doi":"10.3109/08860227909064911","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study concerns a renal patient who was non-compliant to staff requests to monitor his blood clotting times. The non-compliant behavior was resolved within six treatment sessions through the combined use of contracting, shaping, stimulus control, discrimination training and social and material reinforcement. Follow-ups at 30, 60 and 90 days revealed a high degree of patient compliance and accuracy in taking and recording his blood clotting times. Implications for behavior modification techniques in the field of hemodialysis are briefly discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dialysis","volume":"3 1","pages":"41-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1979-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/08860227909064911","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of dialysis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/08860227909064911","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study concerns a renal patient who was non-compliant to staff requests to monitor his blood clotting times. The non-compliant behavior was resolved within six treatment sessions through the combined use of contracting, shaping, stimulus control, discrimination training and social and material reinforcement. Follow-ups at 30, 60 and 90 days revealed a high degree of patient compliance and accuracy in taking and recording his blood clotting times. Implications for behavior modification techniques in the field of hemodialysis are briefly discussed.