Influence of therapy compliance on the prognosis of children with thalassaemia major / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the influence of therapy compliance on prognosis of children with thalassaemia major (TM). Methods Children with TM was recruited by convenient sampling. The therapy compliance was measured by compliance index (CI) and serum ferritin (SF), The correlation between therapy compliance and incidence of complications were studied. Results Low therapy compliance existed in children with TM, 22.12% (CI) and 55.77% (SF). But no statistical difference existed in therapy compliance between boys and girls (P>0.05). Complication incidence in children with low therapy compliance was 85.19% (CI) and 100.00% (SF). The incidence of cardiac complication was 60.49% (CI) and 84.78% (SF), hepatic complication was 46.91% (CI) and 76.09% (SF), infectious complication was 8.64% (CI) and 10.86% (SF), growth retardation complication was 55.56% (CI) and 67.39% (SF), anemia complication was 43.21% (CI) and 21.74% (SF). The incidence rate of complications was lower in children with better therapy compliance than those with worse therapy compliance (P<0.01). Conclusions Children with TM had low therapy compliance and high incidence rate of complications. Low therapy increased the incidence rate of complications.