Sonja Siegel, Nicole Unger, Christine Streetz-van der Werf, Wolfram Karges, Katharina Schilbach, Bernadette Schröder, Janine Szybowicz, Janina Sauerwald, Kathrin Zopf, Agnieszka Grzywotz, Martin Bidlingmaier, Cedric Kirstein, Heide Sommer, Christian J Strasburger, Ilonka Kreitschmann-Andermahr
Introduction: Little is known about psychological reasons associated with adherence to growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy (GHRx) in adults. As in other chronic diseases, medication-related beliefs, coping strategies and disease impact on quality of life (QoL) might play an important role. We thus explored these psychological factors in relation to adherence in patients with GH deficiency (GHD) in order to find leverage points for the improvement of adherence. Patients and Methods: Cross-sectional analysis including 107 adult GHD patients on GHRx who completed self-assessment inventories on health-related QoL (Short-Form SF-36), coping style (Freiburg questionnaire on coping with illness, FKV-LIS) and medication beliefs (Beliefs about Medicine questionnaire, BMQ)...
2021: Frontiers in Endocrinology