The effect of socio-economic conditions on the time of diagnosis and compliance during treatment in growth hormone deficiency
| Autor: | G, Gács, E, Hosszu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta paediatrica Hungarica. 31(2) |
| ISSN: | 0231-441X |
| Popis: | In 78 patients with idiopathic growth hormone (GH) deficiency the effect of the fathers' educational level on the age and the extent of growth retardation at diagnosis was studied. There was a tendency for an increase of the age and the degree of growth retardation with the decrease of the fathers' completed grades. The occurrence of height SD scores less than -4.5 was conversely related to the number of grades completed by the father (chi 2 = 19.2 p less than 0.001). Eighteen of the 70 patients treated with growth hormone discontinued treatment after 0.3 to 6 years. Compliance was closely related to the grades completed by the father (chi 2 = 24.7 p less than 0.001). Six out of 7 patients with a height SDS less than -4.5 at diagnosis and with a father of low level of education (less than 8 grades) became non compliant. It is concluded that the degree of growth retardation at diagnosis and compliance at treatment in GH deficiency is related to the educational level of the father. |
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