TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hamidani, Moussa
AU  - Aberkane, Salah
AU  - Aissaoui, Moudjahid
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/16
TI  - Illness Perceptions and Their Impact on Treatment Adherence among Renal Transplant Patients in the COVID-19 Pandemic
JO  - OBM Transplantation
SP  - 249
VL  - 09
IS  - 02
AB  - Although immunosuppressive drugs are essential and effective in improving the health status of renal transplant patients, they also make them more vulnerable to the risk of infection with COVID-19, which has become a significant concern for many patients. Perhaps this is what makes their way of thinking and perception impact their adherence to taking immunosuppressants. Therefore, this study reveals the possibility of an impact of illness perception and some sociodemographic and clinical factors on treatment adherence in renal transplant patients. The study sample was deliberately selected to include 80 participants of both sexes who underwent a renal transplant and are continuing their treatment at the University Hospital in Batna (Algeria), aged between 20 and 61 years. The data were collected during the COVID-19 period between June and December 2020. Using the relational descriptive method. The study relied on two measures, the Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (Brief IPQ) and the Satisfaction Questionnaire on Medicines treatment (Satmed-Q). Multiple regression analysis (step by step) was used to evaluate the predictive ability of the study variables. This study has provided insights into the relationship between several variables in the considered sample. Also, cognitive representations impact the side effects of treatment and medical follow-up of the illness. Furthermore, the results show the impact of the duration of implantation in conjunction with the economic condition and urea rate on the ease of treatment with Medicines. Finally, the patient's weight impacts the ease of treatment with Medicines. This study recommends paying attention to the psychological and social factors that are essential in improving renal transplant patients' health status, especially during the pandemic.
SN  - 2577-5820
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2502249
DO  - 10.21926/obm.transplant.2502249
ID  - Hamidani2025
ER  -