Abstract
Objective To investigate the characteristics of the medication adherence and analyze their influencing factors in hemodialysis patients. Methods Hemodialysis patients who were treated in a classⅢ grade A hospital of Shanghai from June to December 2016 were selected as the research object by convenience sampling. The patients were investigated by general information questionnaire, simplified medication compliance questionnaire and social support rating scale, and the relevant influencing factors of medication adherence were analyzed. Results A total of 99 patients were surveyed, 37 patients of them (37.4%) had good adherence to calcium acetate, and 62 patients (62.6%) had poor compliance. There were significant differences in age, occupation, marital status, serum phosphorus and parathyroid hormone levels between patients with good compliance and poor compliance (P<0.05) . Logistic regression analysis showed that age, marital status and occupation were the influencing factors of medication compliance (P<0.05) . Conclusions The compliance of calcium acetate in maintenance hemodialysis patients is not optimistic. It is important to further improve the adherence by establishing accessible education programs according to their age, marital status and occupational status. Key words: Renal dialysis; Medication adherence; Calcium acetate; Influencing factors
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