Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy compliance and lifestyle factors of patients with growth hormone deficiency

Sulafa T. Sindi; Njood W. Nazer; Abdulmoein E. AlAgha

doi:10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210877

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy compliance and lifestyle factors of patients with growth hormone deficiency

Sulafa T. Sindi, Njood W. Nazer and Abdulmoein E. AlAgha

Saudi Medical Journal April 2022, 43 (4) 418-422; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210877

Sulafa T. Sindi

From the Department of Pediatrics (Sindi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (AlAgha), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Nazer), King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Njood W. Nazer

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Abdulmoein E. AlAgha

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Factors that negatively affect compliance to recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy.

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- Demographic data (N=130).
Parameter n (%)
Gender
Male 54 (41.5)
Female 76 (58.5)
Age (years), mean±SD 12.56±3.44
Age (years) at the initiation of rhGH therapy, mean±SD 8.46±3.15
SD: standard deviation, rhGH: recombinant human growth hormone

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Sulafa T. Sindi, Njood W. Nazer, Abdulmoein E. AlAgha

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy compliance and lifestyle factors of patients with growth hormone deficiency

Sulafa T. Sindi, Njood W. Nazer, Abdulmoein E. AlAgha

Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2022, 43 (4) 418-422; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210877

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Parameter	n (%)
Gender
Male	54 (41.5)
Female	76 (58.5)
Age (years), mean±SD	12.56±3.44
Age (years) at the initiation of rhGH therapy, mean±SD	8.46±3.15