Health-Related Quality of Life of Young Adults Treated with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone during Childhood.

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Title
Health-Related Quality of Life of Young Adults Treated with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone during Childhood.
Journal
Plos One
Author(s)
Sommer G., Gianinazzi M.E., Kuonen R., Bohlius J., l'Allemand D., Hauschild M., Mullis P.E., Kuehni C.E.
Working group(s)
Swiss Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, Diabetology (SGPED)
ISSN
1932-6203 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1932-6203
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
10
Number
10
Pages
e0140944
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Since recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) became available in 1985, the spectrum of indications has broadened and the number of treated patients increased. However, long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after childhood rhGH treatment has rarely been documented. We assessed HRQoL and its determinants in young adults treated with rhGH during childhood.
METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: For this study, we retrospectively identified former rhGH patients in 11 centers of paediatric endocrinology, including university hospitals and private practices. We sent a questionnaire to all patients treated with rhGH for any diagnosis, who were older than 18 years, and who resided in Switzerland at time of the survey. Three hundred participants (58% of 514 eligible) returned the questionnaire. Mean age was 23 years; 56% were women; 43% had isolated growth hormone deficiency, or idiopathic short stature; 43% had associated diseases or syndromes, and 14% had growth hormone deficiency after childhood cancer. Swiss siblings of childhood cancer survivors and the German norm population served as comparison groups. HRQoL was assessed using the Short Form-36. We found that the Physical Component Summary of healthy patients with isolated growth hormone deficiency or idiopathic short stature resembled that of the control group (53.8 vs. 54.9). Patients with associated diseases or syndromes scored slightly lower (52.5), and former cancer patients scored lowest (42.6). The Mental Component Summary was similar for all groups. Lower Physical Component Summary was associated with lower educational level (coeff. -1.9). Final height was not associated with HRQoL.
CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: In conclusion, HRQoL after treatment with rhGH in childhood depended mainly on the underlying indication for rhGH treatment. Patients with isolated growth hormone deficiency/idiopathic short stature or patients with associated diseases or syndromes had HRQoL comparable to peers. Patients with growth hormone deficiency after childhood cancer were at high risk for lower HRQoL. This reflects the general impaired health of this vulnerable group, which needs long-term follow-up.
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Health, Human Growth Hormone/pharmacology, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Molecular Sequence Data, Quality of Life, Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult
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