Prevalence and correlates of medication non-adherence among kidney transplant recipients more than 6 months post-transplant: A cross-sectional study

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Weng, Francis L ^a,b   Chandwani, Sheenu ^b   Kurtyka, Karen M ^b   Zacker, Christopher ^c   Chisholm Burns, Marie A ^d   Demissie, Kitaw ^b  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Compliance; Epidemiology; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; STRESS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888323133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-261     Document Type: Article

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