Abstract

ASSESSING COMPLIANCE TO THERAPY IN A SAMPLE OF PATIENTS WITH THALASSEMIA IN AL-ZAHERA CENTER

Groob Alkhayer, Mhd Nezar Alsharif*, Ahmad Shaher and Nmr AlHusin

ABSTRACT

Objective: This study was done to study the compliance of patients with B- thalassemia to treatment in the Thalassemia center in Damascus, Syria. Materials and methods: This study was a retrospective study of the patients who reviewed the Thalassemia Center in Al-Zahera. This study included all cases from 20/2/2017 to 20/10/2017. Results: Most of the non-compliant participants were younger than 5 years old, while in compliant patients, 46.2% of patients were younger than 5 years old, also 46.2% of the patients were between (6-10 years old). Most of the non-compliant participants were males, while in compliant patients females were more common. In non-compliant patients, Splenectomy was not done in most of the cases while it was not done at all in all compliant patients. Cranial features were found in 47.1% and 15.4% of non-compliant and compliant patients, respectively. Conclusion: This study highlights the need for large-scale epidemiologic research showing the prevalence and incidence of Thalassemia and the compliance to treatment in Syria.

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