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      Factors Determining Patient Choice of Device for GH Therapy

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          Aim: To assess the factors determining patient choice of GH device, and whether offering free patient choice improves compliance with GH therapy. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study performed on patients offered free choice of GH device in a regional growth clinic. In a subgroup having home delivery, GH compliance was assessed using ampoule counts. Results: 125 patients (74 (59%) male), median (range) 9.30 (1.0–18.3) years were commenced on GH from January 2001 to March 2004, and offered free choice of device. 68 (54%) chose a needled device, and 57 (46%) needle-free. There was no statistical difference in age, sex or diagnostic category between the two groups. Light blue devices were more likely to be chosen by males (p = 0.056). Questionnaires giving reasons for choosing a device were available in 40, and a further 50 gave reasons for both choosing a specific device and not choosing others. Other than choice of needled/needle-free device, the factor most likely to determine choice was ‘ease of use’. Only 6 (4.8%) subsequently changed device, and compliance remained high but unchanged at ∼90%. Conclusions: There are no specific features which determine what GH device a patient will choose. For those units offering free patient choice, a wide range of different devices should be made available.

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          Psychological responses to the needle-free Medi-Jector or the multidose Disetronic injection pen in human growth hormone therapy.

          Remy A. HiraSing, Jack Vogels, Erik H. W. Verrips … (1998)
          The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that daily administration of growth hormone using the Medi-Jector results in fewer adverse psychological responses than needle injection with a multidose injection pen. The Medi-Jector is a needle-free injection device that can deliver growth hormone subcutaneously through jet injection. The group studied consisted of 18 children aged 10 y or over who were participating in a study of the bioequivalence and bioequipotence of the administration of growth hormone through jet injection or needle injection. Previously, all subjects had received growth hormone therapy with commercially available multidose injection pens. The study was designed as a prospective, randomized, two-period cross-over trial. A questionnaire was used to assess psychological responses such as non-compliance, opinion on ease of preparation, affective responses to administration and local side-effects, as well as overall preference. In addition, the subjects kept a diary during the study. The subjects found the Medi-Jector less offputting (p < 0.01), less painful with respect to both frequency (p < 0.04) and intensity (p < 0.01) and less unpleasant (p < 0.05) than a multidose injection pen with a 28G needle (p < 0.01). No difference in compliance was detected. Most subjects preferred the Medi-Jector for future use (p < 0.05). The mean score on a 1-10 point scale (10 is excellent) was 7.9 (SD 1.4) for the Medi-Jector and 6.8 (SD 2.3) for the multidose injection pen (p < 0.08). The prevalence of visible bruises each day was higher (p < 0.01) with the Medi-Jector (2.5, SD 2.1) than with the multidose injection pen (0.7, SD 1.1), but children showed indifferent affective responses to bruising. Thirteen out of 18 subjects decided to continue therapy with the Medi-Jector (p < 0.06). It is concluded that use of the Medi-Jector in growth hormone therapy tends to lead to fewer adverse psychological responses than a multidose injection pen with 28G needles.
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            Compliance with growth hormone treatment--are they getting it?

            S L Smith, P Hindmarsh, C. Brook (1993)
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              Audit: UK Audit of Childhood Growth Hormone Prescription, 1998

              J. Hilken (2001)
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                Journal ID (publisher-id): HRE
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Horm Res Paediatr
                Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1663-2818
                Title: Hormone Research in Paediatrics
                Publisher: S. Karger AG
                ISSN (Print): 1663-2818
                ISSN (Electronic): 1663-2826
                Publication date Subscription-year: 2006
                Publication date (Print): January 2006
                Publication date (Electronic): 01 February 2006
                Volume: 65
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 18-22
                Affiliations
                Departments of aEndocrinology and bPharmacy, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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                Publisher ID: 90375 Other ID: Horm Res 2006;65:18–22
                DOI: 10.1159/000090375
                PubMed ID: 16357486
                SO-VID: bf690794-16c3-4806-b4f9-a4bb8eda43ac
                Copyright © © 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel
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                Date received : 21 June 2005
                Date accepted : 19 October 2005
                Page count
                Tables: 2, References: 11, Pages: 5
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                Subject: Original Paper

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Keywords: GH therapy, free patient choice,Paediatric GH therapy,GH devices, needled/needle-free,GH treatment, patient compliance,GH therapy, patient choice of device,GH therapy, pen devices
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Endocrinology & Diabetes, Neurology, Nutrition & Dietetics, Sexual medicine, Internal medicine, Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Keywords: GH therapy, free patient choice, Paediatric GH therapy, GH devices, needled/needle-free, GH treatment, patient compliance, GH therapy, patient choice of device, GH therapy, pen devices

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