Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 231.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 231.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 231.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 231.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 231.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 231.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 231.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 265.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 265.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 265.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 265.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 265.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 298.79999999999995 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 298.79999999999995 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Warning: imagejpeg(C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\phplern\26619070
.jpg): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 117 PLoS+One
2015 ; 10
(11
): e0138869
Nephropedia Template TP
gab.com Text
Twit Text FOAVip
Twit Text #
English Wikipedia
Multilevel Correlates of Non-Adherence in Kidney Transplant Patients Benefitting
from Full Cost Coverage for Immunosuppressives: A Cross-Sectional Study
#MMPMID26619070
Marsicano EO
; Fernandes NS
; Colugnati FA
; Fernandes NM
; De Geest S
; Sanders-Pinheiro H
PLoS One
2015[]; 10
(11
): e0138869
PMID26619070
show ga
BACKGROUND: Adherence is the result of the interaction of the macro, meso, micro,
and patient level factors. The macro level includes full coverage of
immunosuppressive medications as is the case in Brazil. We studied the correlates
of immunosuppressive non-adherence in post kidney transplant patients in the
Brazilian health care system. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional design, adherence
to immunosuppressives was assessed in a sample of 100 kidney transplant patients
using a composite non-adherence score consisting of three methods (self-report
[i.e., The Basel Adherence Scale for Assessment of Immunossupressives-BAASIS],
collateral report, and immunosuppressive blood levels). Multilevel correlations
of non-adherence were assessed (macro, meso, micro and patient level). Univariate
and multivariate logistic regression was applied to assess the correlates of
non-adherence. RESULTS: Our sample consisted primarily of male (65%), Caucasians
(72%) with a mean age of 45.0 ± 13.5 years old, who received grafts from a living
donor (89%), with a mean time after transplantation of 72.3 ± 44.4 months.
Prevalence of non-adherence was 51%. Family income higher than five reference
wages (21.6 vs. 4%; OR 6.46 [1.35-30.89], p = 0.009; patient level), and having
access to private health insurance (35.3% vs. 18.4%; OR 2.42 [0.96-6.10], p =
0.04; meso level) were associated with non-adherence in univariate analysis. Only
the higher family income variable was retained in the multiple logistic
regression model (OR 5.0; IC: 1.01-25.14; p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Higher family
income was the only factor that was associated with immunosuppressive
non-adherence. In Brazil, lower income recipients benefit from better access to
care and coverage of health care costs after transplantation. This is supposed to
result in a better immunosuppressive adherence compared to high-income patients
who have experienced these benefits continuously.