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. 2011 Feb 4;11:4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-11-4

Table 3.

Adherence to treatment ( > 92% of injections taken)

Total
(N = 824)
Treatment-naïve
(n = 601)
Treatment-experienced
(n = 223)
(a)
Recorded adherence - all children
Overall, n (%)* 649/772 (84.1) 484/561 (86.3) 165/211 (78.2)
Recorded adherence - children who provided 3 months of data
Overall, n (%) 597/682 (87.5) 445/496 (89.7) 152/186 (81.7)
Reported adherence - all children
Overall, n (%)* 677/790 (85.7) 497/573 (86.7) 180/217 (83.0)
Reported adherence - children who provided 3 months of data
Overall, n (%) 607/673 (90.2) 447/489 (91.4) 160/184 (87.0)

(b)
Recorded adherence - children who provided 3 months of data
Month 1, n (%) 617/682 (90.5) 458/496 (92.3) 159/186 (85.5)
Month 2, n (%) 594/682 (87.1) 441/496 (88.9) 153/186 (82.3)
Month 3, n (%) 606/682 (88.9) 449/496 (90.5) 157/186 (84.4)

(a) Adherence as recorded and reported by children/parents overall over the 3-month survey. (b) Adherence as recorded by easypod™ over each month of the 3-month survey

*Overall adherence calculated by imputation of missing period(s) using non-missing period(s)