Background Limited health literacy affects 25% of people with chronic kidney disease
(CKD), and may reduce self-management skills resulting in poorer clinical outcomes. By …

The psychosocial evaluation is well-recognized as an important component of the
multifaceted assessment process to determine candidacy for heart transplantation, lung …

Purpose To evaluate the frequency of 11 commonly cited barriers to optimal glaucoma
medication adherence among glaucoma patients and to identify barriers contributing to poor …

Results From 433 studies, 15 new studies met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed
together with five studies from the 2012 review. These included 13 cross-sectional surveys …

Kidney transplantation is a serious event that involves profound psychological, relational
and social changes both for the patient and his family context. Assessment of personality …

Background Medication non-adherence is a major issue after transplant that can lead to
misdiagnosis, rejection, poor health affecting quality of life, graft loss or death. Several …

Medication non-adherence is one of the most important causes for shortened graft survival
subsequently leading to a reduction in kidney graft survival results. Our aim was to provide …

Background: Low health literacy is associated with poor health outcomes in many chronic
diseases and may have an important role in determining surgical outcomes. This study aims …

Non-adherence to multipharmacological treatment increases the risk of morbidity, mortality
and hospitalization. We know little about the perspective of patients with chronic kidney …

We sought to evaluate the prevalence of medication understanding and non‐adherence of
entire drug regimens among kidney transplantation (KT) recipients and to examine …