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Medication Barriers Predict Adolescent Transplant Recipients' Adherence and Clinical Outcomes at 18-Month Follow-up JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY Simons, L. E., McCormick, M. L., Devine, K., Blount, R. L. 2010; 35 (9): 1038-1048

Abstract

To prospectively validate the Parent and Adolescent Medication Barriers Scales (PMBS and AMBS) for assessing perceived barriers to medication adherence in adolescent transplant recipients by examining the relations of perceived barriers to medication adherence and clinical outcomes at 18-month follow-up.Of the 82 adolescent recipients enrolled in the initial cohort, 66 families participated in the follow-up. Relations among barriers, adherence, and clinical outcomes were examined.Reported barriers demonstrated temporal stability over an extended span of time. Adolescent-perceived barriers of Disease Frustration/Adolescent Issues and parent-perceived barriers of Regimen Adaptation/Cognitive Issues were associated with poorer adherence to medication taking at follow-up. Interestingly, medical complications and mortality were significantly associated with both parent and adolescent-perceived ingestion issues barriers.Barriers to adherence are essential to address in an effort to ameliorate adherence difficulties and potentially reduce the incidence of medical complications.

View details for DOI 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq025

View details for Web of Science ID 000282843100014

View details for PubMedID 20410021