Non-adherence to Treatment Among Iranian Dialysis Patients, A Systematic Review.

This study aims at detecting the most important causes of Non-adherence in patients on dialysis according to previous studies. First, all of the studies related to our title were searched using main keywords (dialysis, hemodialysis, adherence, and non-adherence) for English and Persian databases; Iranmedex, Magi ran, SID, Iran doc, Google, Google scholar, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and Cochrane Database of Systematic that covering the period from 2010 to 2018 was reviewing following a predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. As a result, 40 papers related to inclusion and exclusion criteria were identified and analyzed. Data were collected according to study features, measures of Non-adherence, prevalence rates and factors related to Non-adherence. The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines were followed to conduct this systematic review. According to the results of present study six main categories were found. The main reasons for Non-adherence with treatment in dialysis patients listed in the papers included: Patient related factors, socioeconomic factors, psychological factors, health care related factors, therapy related factors and disease-related factors.Trying to improve adherence is very important and can play a significant role in increaseing the health status among patients on dialysis. PMID: 31880581 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Iran J Kidney Dis Source Type: research