Open AccessCompliance score as a monitoring tool to promote treatment adherence in children with thalassemia major for improved physical growth
Author(s) -
Sarala Kannan,
Amandeep Singh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_61_16
Subject(s) - medicine , thalassemia , compliance (psychology) , pediatrics , standard score , weight gain , beta thalassemia , body weight , psychology , social psychology , machine learning , computer science
Creeping monotony in the treatment provides minimal motivation for children with beta-thalassemia major, leading to noncompliance for adequate blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy. This study was envisaged to formulate a clinical compliance score and correlate the score with their linear growth velocity and weight gain.