Demographic and medical predictors of medication compliance among ethnically different pediatric renal transplant patients
Robert S. Fennell, MD, University of Florida, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Rd, PO Box 100296, Gainesville, FL 32610, USATel.: 352-392-0000Fax: 352-392-7107E-mail:
Abstract
Abstract: Medication adherence in African-American and European-American pediatric renal transplant recipients was evaluated by four separate measures. Demographic and medical factors were analyzed. Based on pill count/refill history, European-American females were more compliant than their male counterparts. Based on self-ratings of compliance, African-American recipients were more compliant if they had vs. had not had dialysis experience prior to their transplant. These recipients also had higher self-ratings of compliance if their donors were cadaveric rather than living related.
