Patient attitudes and preferences regarding treatment: GH therapy for childhood short stature.
This paper examines the role of parents' attitudes and preferences regarding growth hormone therapy for childhood short stature. Four main questions are addressed. First, what are the demographic characteristics of families seeking medical advice for their child's short stature? Second, what are parents' attitudes towards short stature? Third, what are parents' treatment preferences (i.e. what characteristics of growth treatments are important to parents)? Finally, how do the attitudes of parents affect physician decision making? Several studies are reviewed and data are presented to answer these questions.
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5000, USA.
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Finkelstein
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Singh
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Silvers
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Marrero
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Neuhauser
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Cuttler
D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
D019382:Human Growth Hormone