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Pill burden does not influence compliance with oral medication in recipients of renal transplant

Author(s) -

Avijit Hazra,

Uma Rani Adhikari,

Abhijit Taraphder,

Tapas Das

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

indian journal of pharmacology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1998-3751

pISSN - 0253-7613

DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.174425

Subject(s) - medicine , pill , transplantation , context (archaeology) , medical prescription , observational study , family medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , paleontology , biology

Insights about the predictors of noncompliance are key to develop compliance enhancing strategy in a given therapeutic situation. Renal transplantation is a critical surgical procedure that imposes a large medication burden on patients. There is a suspicion that the large pill burden may lead to noncompliance. Our objective was to ascertain the influence of pill burden on medication compliance in renal transplant patients in the Indian sociocultural context.

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