hrp0089p3-p195 | GH & IGFs P3 | ESPE2018

Support for Patients Treated with Growth Hormone to Reach their Growth Potential: Addressing Adherence Barriers through Personalised Behavioural Patient-support Programmes

Moloney Clare , Malik Sumaira , Cancela Jorge , Koledova Ekaterina

Background: Recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH) treatment can optimise growth potential; however, optimum outcomes are not always achieved owing to several reasons, including poor adherence. This analysis sought to operationalize psychosocial drivers of non-adherence in GH patients, using the three-component, evidence-based capability, opportunity and motivation behavioural framework (COM-b). The framework allows for matching of specific interventions to help modify behav...