Addison's Disease, Adrenal Insufficiency
Conditions
Keywords
adrenal insufficiency, subjective health status, quality of life, adrenal crisis, hormone replacement, DHEA
Brief summary
The purpose of this survey is to assess patients with chronic primary or secondary adrenal failure regarding subjective health status, incidence and causes of adrenal crisis, hormone replacement regimens and concomitant endocrine or non endocrine disease.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* age \> 18 years * chronic adrenal failure with disease duration \> 12 months and hormone replacement therapy for cortisol deficiency
Exclusion criteria
* adrenal insufficiency due to adrenocortical carcinoma * AI due to long-term pharmacological glucocorticoid treatment * glucocortiocid doses above 7.5 mg prednisolone equivalent for other reasons than AI
Countries
Germany