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Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to assess the impact of patient clinical and demographic characteristics on adherence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A total of 991 patients under age 12 months were evaluated for positional skull deformity at the Texas Children's Hospital Cranial Deformity Clinic between 2007 and 2014. According to an age- and risk factor\u2013based treatment algorithm, patients were recommended for repositioning, physical therapy, or cranial orthosis therapy or crossover from repositioning\/physical therapy into cranial orthosis therapy. The patients' average chronological age at presentation was 6.2 months; 69.3% were male. The majority were white (40.7%) or Hispanic (32.6%); 38.7% had commercial insurance and 37.9% had Medicaid. The most common initial recommended treatment was repositioning or physical therapy; 85.7% of patients were adherent to the initial recommended treatment.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>Univariate analysis showed differences in adherence rates among subgroups. Children's families with Medicaid were less likely to be adherent to treatment recommendations (adherence rate, 80.2%). Families with commercial insurance were more likely to be adherent to the recommended treatment (89.6%). Multivariate logistic regression confirmed that factors associated with parent-reported adherence to recommended treatment included primary insurance payer, diagnosis (plagiocephaly vs brachycephaly), and the nature of the recommended treatment. Families were less likely to be adherent if they had Medicaid, a child with a diagnosis of brachycephaly, or were initially recommended for cranial orthosis therapy than families with commercial insurance, a child with a diagnosis of plagiocephaly, or an initial recommendation for repositioning or physical therapy.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>Factors associated with treatment completion included corrected age, insurance, diagnosis, recommended treatment, and distance to provider from patient's residence. Patients with commercial insurance (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.10\u20132.02, p = 0.009), those diagnosed with both brachycephaly and plagiocephaly (OR 2.26, 95% CI 1.31\u20133.90, p = 0.003), those recommended for treatment with cranial orthosis (OR 4.55, 95% CI = 3.24\u20136.38, p &lt; 0.001), and those living in proximity to the provider (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.00\u20131.96, p = 0.047) were more likely to complete treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Insurance type, degree of head shape deformity, and types of recommended treatment appear to affect rates of adherence to recommended treatments for positional skull deformation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2016.9.peds16278","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,13]],"date-time":"2017-01-13T14:57:38Z","timestamp":1484319458000},"page":"282-288","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["The health belief model and factors associated with adherence to treatment recommendations for positional plagiocephaly"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Sandi","family":"Lam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery\/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital\/Baylor College of Medicine; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas G.","family":"Luerssen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery\/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital\/Baylor College of Medicine; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caroline","family":"Hadley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery\/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital\/Baylor College of Medicine; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bradley","family":"Daniels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery\/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital\/Baylor College of Medicine; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ben A.","family":"Strickland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery\/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital\/Baylor College of Medicine; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jim","family":"Brookshier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hanger Orthotics, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"I-Wen","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery\/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital\/Baylor College of Medicine; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-peds16278","series-title":"J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"877","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1751-7176.2012.00699.x","article-title":"A systematic review of patient self-reported barriers of adherence to antihypertensive medications using the world health organization multidimensional adherence model","volume":"14","author":"AlGhurair SA,","year":"2012","unstructured":"AlGhurair SA, Hughes CA, Simpson SH, Guirguis LM: A systematic review of patient self-reported barriers of adherence to antihypertensive medications using the world health organization multidimensional adherence model. 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