Adherence of immunosuppressive drug treatment and quality of life in patients with renal transplantation

Adherence of Immunosuppressive Drug Treatment and Quality of Life in Patients with Renal Transplantation Chronic renal failure is an important health problem in our country and affects our quality of life negatively. One of the recent treatments of renal failure is transplantation. After the transplant, compliance to the immunosuppressive therapy is rather essential. Compliance of the patient can decrease the intensity of the symptom by increasing the success of the treatment and affect the quality of life positively. This study was conducted in an attempt to identify the factors which affect the quality of life and the compliance levels of the patients transplanted renal. Before the study, the necessary permission was obtained from the ethics committee. The study was conducted with 244 renal patients at a private hospital. The study aimed to reach all 244 renal patients, but it was reached to 206 of them. The data was collected by face-to-face interviews. In the study, the age average was 41,40+11,88. 92,7% of the patients are in the age range of 46-59, 54,4% of them was transplanted from a living donor, 54,9% of them experienced side effect and 2,9% of them got rejection because of incompatibility. The age group of 46-59 had the highest organ compliance. The scores of role-strength physical function and role-strength emotional function were both high on men and compliance scores were higher on the group who did not experience any side effect. While there was no significant change in compliance scores according to the age of the patients and the duration of renal failure, it was determined that as the Tx process increased, compliance decreased; as the compliance score increased, physical function, vitality and mental health scores increased. When the results of this study are taken into account, it is considered that there is a significant relation between compliance and quality of life and that the frequency of side effect development decreases and the quality of life increases. Key Words: Chronic renal failure; harmony; life quality