title: Medication adherence and older renal transplant patients' perceptions of electronic medication monitoring.
abstract: This study evaluated older renal transplant recipients' perceptions of electronic medication monitoring and the influence of these perceptions on medication adherence. A sample of 73 older adult renal transplant recipients who used the Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS(®)) TrackCaps for 12 months provided their perceptions of device use. Participants perceived that the MEMS had a neutral effect on their medication-taking routine (65%), believed the MEMS was practical (56%), and could not describe any instances in which using the MEMS was difficult (56%). No significant difference in medication adherence was found between those who perceived the MEMS's influence negatively/neutrally and those who perceived the MEMS positively (p = 0.22). Medication adherence data from older adult renal transplant recipients can be used regardless of their perceptions of the MEMS's influence on their medication taking without biasing medication adherence data.
authors.affiliation: Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Colombia, MO 65211, USA. RussellC@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: Karen Q
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Hamburger
authors.forename: Denise A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Rebecca R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Leach
authors.forename: Muammer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cetingok
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hathaway
authors.forename: Vicki S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ashbaugh
authors.forename: Leanne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peace
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Rebecca P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Winsett
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wakefield
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000523:psychology*; D004582:Electronics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States