Effectiveness of smartphone-based mobile application on medication adherence in patients receiving growth hormone therapy-An exploratory observational study. (GTL-App) - Effectiveness of smartphone-based mobile application on medication adherence in patients receiving growth hormone therapy-An exploratory observational study. (GTL-App)

This study enrolled 60 children with short stature from 28 Japanese medical institutions and analyzed 57 of them. The median and mean adherence rates after 24 wk of observation were 96% and 93%, respectively. Although adherence rates were significantly lower from wk 16 to wk 20 than from wk 1 to wk 4, cumulative adherence rates remained high throughout the observation period. The questionnaire analysis revealed that most patients actively used the application.