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Abstract. Flemming TG, Østergaard Kristensen L (Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark). Quality of self‐care in patients on replacement therapy with hydrocortisone. __J Intern Med__ 1999; 246: 497–501. Objectives. To assess the quality of self‐care in patients receiving replacement therapy with hydrocortisone for primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency. Design. A questionnaire‐based survey. Setting. The outpatient Clinic of Endocrinology at the University Hospital in Herlev, Denmark. Subjects. Ninety‐seven patients identified from the case reports of the clinic. All patients had received repeated oral information about hydrocortisone treatment and dose adjustments. Eighty‐four (87%) patients completed the questionnaire. Main outcome measures. Ability to act appropriately in case of physical stress, possession of a ‘Steroid warning card’, number and nature of episodes of physical stress during the past year and self‐experienced level of information was recorded. Results. Thirty‐nine (46%) of the patients were not sufficiently skilled in coping with physical stress. This was more prominent in the elderly patients. Seventeen (20%) did not possess a ‘steroid warning card’. Thi

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Author

T. G. Flemming; L. Østergaard Kristensen

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0954-6820)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)