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Association of Medication Adherence with Quality of Life and Treatment Satisfaction Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
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, ALEENA ANDREW, SARA JOSE, SUDHA M, VENKATESWARAMURTHY N, SAMBATH KUMAR R, SHANMUGASUNDARAM R
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Chronic kidney disease is a global public health problem due to the rapid rise of common risk factors such as diabetes and hypertension. Patients with CKD are prescribed a regime of multi pharmacological treatment. This study was conducted in a secondary care hospital in South India to study the association of medication adherence with quality of life and treatment satisfaction among Chronic Kidney Disease patients (CKD).
Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted for a period of six months in a secondary care hospital. 142 CKD patients on medications for more than 6 months were included. The patients medication adherence, quality of life and treatment satisfaction were assessed using self reported questionnaires.
Results: Out of 142 CKD patients 100 (70.42%) were males and 42 (29.57%) were females. The majority of patients were in the age group of 51-60 years (35%). The rate of medication adherence was low (63.38%) in majority of the CKD patients. The quality of life and treatment satisfaction was found to be low in non adherent CKD patients.
Conclusion: Medication adherence was found to be low in majority of CKD patients. This low adherence may be due to several factors like age, gender, social habits, comorbidities, educational status etc. The quality of life and treatment satisfaction comparatively decreased in CKD patients who were nonadherent to medication.
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Chronic kidney disease, Medication adherence, Quality of life, Treatment Satisfaction
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.165
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