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Table 4 Most common reasons given for missed injections

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

 

Total

(n = 412)

Treatment-naïve

(n = 296)

Treatment-experienced

(n = 116)

Forgot injection

180 (43.7)

135 (45.6)

45 (38.8)

Device not working

75 (18.2)

54 (18.2)

21 (18.1)

Short vacations, slept away from home

52 (12.6)

31 (10.5)

21 (18.1)

Ran out of cartridges/needles

53 (12.9)

43 (14.5)

10 (8.6)

Forgot drug/easypod™

32 (7.8)

25 (8.5)

7 (6.0)

Sick

35 (8.5)

23 (7.8)

12 (10.3)

Afraid of using easypod™

12 (2.9)

5 (1.7)

7 (6.0)

Tired of injections

18 (4.4)

7 (2.4)

11 (9.5)

Reconstitution issues

13 (3.2)

11 (3.7)

2 (1.7)

Lack of caregiver to provide injection

5 (1.2)

3 (1.0)

2 (1.7)

Too complicated/forgot how to use device

4 (0.97)

2 (0.68)

2 (1.7)

Other

11 (2.7)

6 (2.0)

5 (4.3)

  1. Data values represent number (percentage) of respondents who gave the indicated response as a reason for missing injections