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Table 3 Adherence to treatment ( > 92% of injections taken)

From: Treatment adherence with the easypod™ growth hormone electronic auto-injector and patient acceptance: survey results from 824 children and their parents

 

Total

(N = 824)

Treatment-naïve

(n = 601)

Treatment-experienced

(n = 223)

(a)

Recorded adherence - all children

Overall, n (%)*

649/772 (84.1)

484/561 (86.3)

165/211 (78.2)

Recorded adherence - children who provided 3 months of data

Overall, n (%)

597/682 (87.5)

445/496 (89.7)

152/186 (81.7)

Reported adherence - all children

Overall, n (%)*

677/790 (85.7)

497/573 (86.7)

180/217 (83.0)

Reported adherence - children who provided 3 months of data

Overall, n (%)

607/673 (90.2)

447/489 (91.4)

160/184 (87.0)

(b)

Recorded adherence - children who provided 3 months of data

Month 1, n (%)

617/682 (90.5)

458/496 (92.3)

159/186 (85.5)

Month 2, n (%)

594/682 (87.1)

441/496 (88.9)

153/186 (82.3)

Month 3, n (%)

606/682 (88.9)

449/496 (90.5)

157/186 (84.4)

  1. (a) Adherence as recorded and reported by children/parents overall over the 3-month survey. (b) Adherence as recorded by easypod™ over each month of the 3-month survey
  2. *Overall adherence calculated by imputation of missing period(s) using non-missing period(s)