Promoting medication adherence from the perspective of adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients, parents, and health care professionals: A TAKE-IT TOO study.

ABSTRACT: Medication non-adherence is an important factor limiting allograft survival after kidney transplantation in AYA. Some interventions, including the TAKE-IT, showed some success in promoting adherence but the potential for scalability and use in routine clinical practice is limited. We applied user-centered design to gather the perspectives of recipients, parents, and health professionals concerning their needs, challenges, and potential intervention strategies to design an optimal, multi-component medication adherence intervention. The qualitative study was conducted at four Canadian and three American kidney transplant programs. Separate focus groups for recipients, parents, and health professionals were convened to explore these stakeholders' perspectives. Directed content analysis was em

SUBMITTER: Nguyen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392786 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature