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Trying to Improve Compliance with Prophylactic Penicillin Therapy in Children with Sickle Cell Disease by Matitiahu Berkovitch; Dimitrios Papadouris; Dianne Shaw; Nzenalu Onuaha; Carla Dias; Nancy F. Olivieri is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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__Aims__ To evaluate compliance with prophylactic penicillin therapy in sickle cell disease (SCD) in children. __Methods__ Forty‐five children aged 37±19 (9–84) months [mean±s.d; range] with homozygous SCD were recruited. After a baseline period of 2 months the patients were randomized to either the intervention or non‐intervention group. The intervention consisted of a slide show explaining the pathogenesis of sickle cell disease and its complications; weekly phone calls by the clinic social worker; and a calendar. Compliance was again evaluated after the 2 month intervention period and after a further 2 month monitoring period without intervention. Compliance was monitored using the Medication Event Monitoring System. At the end of the 6 months, parents in both groups completed a questionnaire the aims of which were to determine knowledge and understanding of sickle cell disease and previous experience with infection. Patient admissions to the hospital during the study were recorded. __Results__ Compliance during the 2 month baseline assessment was 66.0±32.5 (1.3–98.2)% and 69.3±25.4 (19.8–96.5)% in the intervention (__n__=13) and non‐intervention (__n__=10) groups respectively (
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- Author
- Matitiahu Berkovitch; Dimitrios Papadouris; Dianne Shaw; Nzenalu Onuaha; Carla Dias; Nancy F. Olivieri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0306-5251)
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)