“…Adherence to these tasks are essential to the effective self-management of chronic conditions, with less than effective adherence leading to poor clinical and health outcomes (Bauer, Briss, Goodman, & Bowman, 2014; Howren & Gonzalez, 2016). Medication adherence (Günthard et al, 2016; Viswanathan, Golin, Jones, et al, 2012), self-monitoring of disease related symptoms (Hood et al, 2016; McBain, Shipley, & Newman, 2015), regular exercise (Bauer et al, 2014; Hoffmann et al, 2016; McCarthy, Whittemore, Gholson, & Grey, 2017), and lifestyle changes (Bauer et al, 2014), such as a healthy diet and smoking cessation, are critical elements in effective chronic condition self-management.…”