Motivation for and adherence to growth hormone replacement therapy in adults with hypopituitarism: the patients' perspective.
Ilonka Kreitschmann-AndermahrSonja SiegelNicole UngerChristine Streetz-van der WerfWolfram KargesKatharina SchilbachBernadette SchröderJanine SzybowiczJanina SauerwaldKathrin ZopfAgnieszka GrzywotzMartin BidlingmaierHeide SommerChristian J StrasburgerPublished in: Pituitary (2021)
Adherence to GH-Rx was high for those patients on therapy. Instead of focusing on improving adherence in those adults already on GH-Rx, efforts should be undertaken to ally fear of side effects and provide education on positive treatment effects for those eligible but not receiving therapy.