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Achieving and Maintaining Compliance With the Ketogenic Diet

Year: 1995

Type: article

Abstract: The ketogenic diet, a treatment for intractable epilepsy, is rarely initiated because it requires strict compliance with a diet that is perceived to be unpalatable. In a case study of a 15-year-old girl with uncontrolled epilepsy, we used a stimulus-choice procedure to assess relative preferences of 33 foods from the diet and to develop two treatments based on Premack's principle. The results of a multielement analysis showed that both treatments increased dietary compliance. Compliance was maintained with generalization of treatment across settings, and was associated with a 40% reduction in seizures.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1995.28-341

Authors: Adrianna Amari, Nancy C. Grace, Wayne W. Fisher

Institutions: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: U.S. Public Health Service