Abstract
Development and Psychometric Testing of the Turkish Immunosuppressive Medication Adherence Scale
Highlights
The aims of immunosuppressive treatment in solid organ transplantation are to prevent graft rejection, maintain graft function, lengthen graft and patient survival durations, and increase patients’ quality of life
Study Design The study was conducted as a methodological study to develop and psychometrically test an immunosuppressive medication adherence measure for solid organ transplant patients
Participants comprised adult and adolescent transplant patients who had sufficient responsibility to administer their immunosuppressive medication and ability to use the drugs without help; participants were being followed up at the organ transplantation center
Summary
The aims of immunosuppressive treatment in solid organ transplantation are to prevent graft rejection, maintain graft function, lengthen graft and patient survival durations, and increase patients’ quality of life. The fact that organ transplant patients have to use multiple immunosuppressive drugs continuously or for many years causes difficulties with medication adherence. Various adherence rates for immunosuppressive drug use have been reported for organ transplant patients [1,2,3]. According to a meta-analysis, the rate of immunosuppressive medication adherence in all transplantation types. Another study reported an immunosuppressive medication adherence rate of 37.9% for a sample comprising patients with heart, lung, kidney, and liver transplants [2]. Medication adherence in patients who had undergone heart, lung, and liver transplantations has been found to vary between 23.9% and 70% [4]
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