Anna State Hospital.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1969 Spring;2(1):39-42. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1969.2-39.
A major problem in outpatient treatment has been the extreme irregularity with which patients use medication prescribed for them. As a new approach to resolving this problem, a portable operant apparatus was developed based on response priming and escape reinforcement. The apparatus sounded a tone at the time that a pill was to be taken. When the user turned a knob to terminate the tone, the apparatus delivered the pill into the user's hand. The apparatus was evaluated with six normal adults using a medically inert pill. A greater proportion of the pills were taken by each subject when using the special apparatus as compared with the use of a portable alarm timer or the usual wristwatch. These results demonstrate a new approach for increasing the regularity of self-administration of medicines.
门诊治疗中的一个主要问题是患者使用处方药物的极不规律。作为解决这个问题的一种新方法,我们基于反应启动和逃避强化原理,开发了一种便携式操作仪器。该仪器在需要服药的时间会发出声音。当使用者转动旋钮以停止声音时,仪器会将药丸送到使用者手中。我们使用一种医学上无活性的药丸,对六名正常成年人评估了该仪器。与使用便携式闹钟或普通手表相比,每个受试者使用特殊仪器时服用的药丸比例更大。这些结果证明了一种增加自我用药规律性的新方法。