Research Article: The Interrelations of Family Relationship, Illness Cognition of Helplessness and Perceived Barriers to Medication Adherence: A Study of Adolescent and Emerging Adult Kidney Recipients and Their Parents
Abstract:
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was found to be associated with poor long-term outcomes and decreased quality of life among adolescents and emerging adults. In addition, systematic reviews and meta-analyses in CKD demonstrated a high prevalence of anxiety disorders and elevated anxiety symptoms as well as the presence of depression, particularly in the dialysis setting. Unfortunately, a large number of chronically ill kidney patients with organ failure and end-stage disease require organ transplantation. This procedure necessitates lifelong adherence to complex medical regimens. In a recent systematic review conducted by Hoegy et al, medication adherence in pediatric and adolescent transplantation (kidney, liver, and other organs) was found to vary from % to %. Notably, among pre-dialysis CKD patients, medication adherence rate was found to be .%, while the proportion of patients remaining adherent to medications - varied from % to % among dialysis patients.
Introduction:
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was found to be associated with poor long-term outcomes and decreased quality of life among adolescents and emerging adults. In addition, systematic reviews and meta-analyses in CKD demonstrated a high prevalence of anxiety disorders and elevated anxiety symptoms as well as the presence of depression, particularly in the dialysis setting. Unfortunately, a large number of chronically ill kidney patients with organ failure and end-stage disease require organ transplantation. This…
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