Prevalence of Daily Medication Adherence Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease: a 1-year Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Overview

Journal Pediatr Blood Cancer

Specialties Hematology
Oncology
Pediatrics

Date 2010 Jul 27

PMID 20658630

Citations 25

Authors

Niti G Patel

Terianne Lindsey

Robert C Strunk

Michael R DeBaun

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of adherence to daily medications among children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Prescription records for 12 months were obtained from participants who had insurance in a Medicaid-based single health maintenance organization. Adherence was measured as a ratio between the number of expected days and the observed days between two refill periods for daily medications. A total of 93 children were studied. The average refill prescription rate was 58.4%. More formal strategies are required to identify barriers to prescription refills among children with SCD.

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