Open AccessPill burden does not influence compliance with oral medication in recipients of renal transplant
Author(s) -
Uma Rani Adhikari,
Abhijit Taraphder,
Avijit Hazra,
Tapas Das
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the 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.