The purpose of this study is to evaluate treatment adherence among patients followed in the Department of Inherited Metabolic Diseases at Necker Hospital, in order to assess the need for implementing a therapeutic education workshop focused on medication adherence.
There is limited data in the literature regarding treatment adherence in children with metabolic disorders. A 2011 study on phenylketonuria highlighted a decline in dietary adherence during adolescence. Another study, dating from 1996 and focusing on urea cycle disorders, emphasized the importance of good treatment adherence for maintaining disease control. Furthermore, larger-scale research in epileptic patients has identified several barriers to treatment compliance, highlighting the crucial role of treatment adherence in improving disease control. The purpose of this study is to evaluate treatment adherence among patients followed in the Department of Inherited Metabolic Diseases at Necker Hospital, in order to assess the need for implementing a therapeutic education workshop focused on medication adherence.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
A pseudonymized questionnaire assessing treatment adherence, understanding of the illness, knowledge of medications, and the number of oral medications taken is given to patients and/or their parents during a follow-up visit, whether in a consultation, day hospital, or conventional hospitalization. It is completed by parents and children aged 7 and older, as well as by adolescents and young adults. The responses will not be disclosed to the physicians in the department.
For patients with urea cycle deficiency, a metabolic balance score will be calculated independently from retrospective data from the medical record, in the last two years preceding the completion of the questionnaire.
Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
Paris, France
RECRUITINGAssessment of therapeutic adherence
Therapeutic adherence score, established from the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire.
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Number of treatments taken each day
Quantification of the number of medications taken daily based on the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire.
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Knowledge of the disease
Assessment of patients' and their parents' knowledge of the disease establish from the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire.
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Knowledge of treatments
Accordance of patients' and their parents' knowledge of treatments, based on the declarations of patients and their parents in the study questionnaire and the patient's prescriptions in the medical record.
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Correlation between the therapeutic adherence score and the number of medications taken daily by patients
The therapeutic adherence score and the number of medications taken daily are established from the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire.
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Correlation between the therapeutic adherence score and the age of patients
Therapeutic adherence score, established from the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire.
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Correlation between the therapeutic adherence score and patients' and their parents' knowledge of the disease
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The therapeutic adherence score and the knowledge of the disease are established from the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire.
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Correlation between the therapeutic adherence score and patients' and their parents' knowledge of treatments
The therapeutic adherence score and the knowledge of treatments are established from the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire and on the patient's prescription.
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Correlation between therapeutic adherence score and metabolic balance for patients cared for urea cycle deficiency
For patients with urea cycle deficiency, a metabolic balance score will be calculated independently from retrospective data from the medical record, in the last two years preceding the completion of the questionnaire based on the following clinical data: * Number of ammonia levels \> 100 µmol/L, * Mean and median follow-up ammonia levels, * Number of glutamine levels \> 1000 µmol/L, * Number of hospitalizations for decompensation.
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Assessment of medication adherence in the event of a travel
Assessment of patients' and their parents' medication adherence in the event of a travel, established from the declarations of patients and their parents to the study questionnaire.
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