Adherence remains a challenge for patients receiving growth hormone therapy

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 545-548

  Norgren, Svante ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adolescence; Compliance; Electronic monitor; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MONITOR; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF MONITORING; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 67849135611     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Feinstein AR. On white-coat effects and the electronic monitoring of compliance. Arch Intern Med 1990;150:1377-1378
2. Osterberg L, Blaschke T. Adherence to medication. N Engl J Med 2005;353:487-497
3. Ingersoll KS, Cohen J. The impact of medication regimen factors on adherence to chronic treatment: a review of literature. J Behav Med 2008;31:213-224
4. Dahlgren J. Easypod: a new electronic injection device for growth hormone. Expert Rev Med Devices 2008;5:297-304
5. Haverkamp F, Johansson L, Dumas H, Langham S, Tauber M, Veimo D, Chiarelli F. Observations of nonadherence to recombinant human growth hormone therapy in clinical practice. Clin Ther 2008;30:307-316
6. Rosenfeld RG, Bakker B. Compliance and persistence in pediatric and adult patients receiving growth hormone therapy. Endocr Pract 2008;14:143-154
7. Kapoor RR, Burke SA, Sparrow SE, Hughes IA, Dunger DB, Ong KK, Acerini CL. Monitoring of concordance in growth hormone therapy. Arch Dis Child 2008;93:147-148 (Pubitemid 351204756)
8. White T, Miller J, Smith GL, McMahon WM. Adherence and psychopathology in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2009;18:96-104
9. Cramer JA. A systematic review of adherence with medications for diabetes. Diabetes Care 2004;27:1218-1224 (Pubitemid 38579798)
10. Vrijens B, Vincze G, Kristanto P, Urquhart J, Burnier M. Adherence to prescribed antihypertensive drug treatments: longitudinal study of electronically compiled dosing histories. Br Med J 2008;336:1114-1117 (Pubitemid 351731741)