title: Medication adherence among adult patients on hemodialysis.
abstract: Medication adherence was assessed in 89 patients on hemodialysis (HD) at the King Abdul Aziz Medical City using an Arabic version of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MASS-8). The results of the study revealed that 31.46% and 40.45% of the participants showed low and medium adherence, respectively, while 28.09% showed high medication adherence. Accordingly, 71.91% of the patients visiting the dialysis unit were considered medication non-adherent. While being of older age (P = 0.012), being married (P = 0.012) increased the level of adherence, being of medium level of education (P = 0.024) decreased adherence levels. On the other hand, gender, presence of a care-giver, number of members in the household and employment status seems to have no effect on the level of medication adherence. These results call upon the practitioners in HD units to develop intervention programs that can increase the level of medication adherence.
authors: College of Pharmacy, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Abdulmalik M
authors: AM
authors: Alkatheri
authors: Sarah M
authors: SM
authors: Alyousif
authors: Najla
authors: N
authors: Alshabanah
authors: Abdulkareem M
authors: AM
authors: Albekairy
authors: Shemylan
authors: S
authors: Alharbi
authors: Fayze F
authors: FF
authors: Alhejaili
authors: Abdullah A
authors: AA
authors: Alsayyari
authors: Abeer Ma
authors: AM
authors: Qandil
authors: Amjad M
authors: AM
authors: Qandil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult