Research Article
Attitudes to Medication after Kidney Transplantation and Their Association with Medication Adherence and Graft Survival: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study
Table 4
Demographics of self-reported nonadherent versus adherent patients.
| Demographics | Nonadherent (n = 19) | Adherent (n = 94) | P value | n (%) | n (%) |
| Age (years) | | | | 18–29 | 2 (10.5%) | 7 (7.4%) | 0.651 | 30–45 | 3 (15.8%) | 24 (25.5%) | 0.364 | 46–64 | 11 (57.9%) | 48 (51.1%) | 0.587 | 65+ | 3 (15.8%) | 15 (16%) | 0.985 | Gender | | | | Male | 11(57.9%) | 62 (66%) | 0.503 | Female | 8 (42.1%) | 32 (34%) | | Education level | | | | High | 2 (10.5%) | 20 (21.3%) | 0.280 | Middle | 12 (63.2%) | 52 (55.3%) | 0.529 | Low | 5 (26.3%) | 22 (23.4%) | 0.786 | Ethnicity | | | | Caucasian | 15 (78.9%) | 71 (78.9%) | 0.995 | Asian | 0 (0%) | 9 (10%) | 0.150 | African | 3 (15.8%) | 7 (7.8%) | 0.272 | Turkish | 0 (0%) | 2 (2.2%) | 0.512 | Other | 1 (5.3%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0.220 | Unknown | 0 | 4 | | Kidney transplant | | | | Living donor | 16 (84.2%) | 73 (77.7%) | 0.524 | Deceased donor | 3 (15.8%) | 21 (22.3%) | | Number of transplant (median, range) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1–5) | 1.000 | Marital status | | | | Married | 12 (63.2%) | 57 (60.6%) | 0.837 | Living together | 0 (0%) | 14 (14.9%) | 0.072 | Single | 4 (21.1%) | 12 (12.8%) | 0.345 | Divorced | 1 (5.3%) | 7 (7.4%) | 0.735 | Widow/widower | 1 (5.3%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0.205 | Other | 1 (5.3%) | 3 (3.2%) | 0.656 |
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