Factors Affecting Patient's Compliance toward Therapeutic Regimen Post Kidney Transplantation

Abstract

Kidney transplantation is the preferred option contributing towards greater survival and a better quality of life for kidney transplant recipients (Kaidar et al., 2014). After kidney transplantation, patients and their caregivers must know and comply with not only the medication for immunosuppression and comorbidities but also with the various therapeutic regimen recommendations (Adhikari et al., 2018). The factors affecting patients' compliance toward therapeutic regimen includes; patient-related factors (e.g. health beliefs, self-efficacy, and perceived barriers to adherence), social and economic factors (e.g., family functioning, social supports, and medication costs), therapy-related factors (e.g., treatment side effects, duration of treatment, and regimen complexity), condition-related factors (e.g. symptoms, comorbidities, psychiatric conditions), and health care system-related factors (Sabate, 2003). The aim of this study is to: Assess factors affecting patient's compliance toward therapeutic regimen post kidney transplantation.