Adesão à terapia imunossupressora em receptores de transplante renal
Adherence to immunosuppressive therapy adherence in kidney transplant recipients
Ciênc. cuid. saúde; 15 (1), 2016
Publication year: 2016
Kidney transplantation has advantages over other forms of kidney replacement therapies (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis) because it improves quality of life and increases the survival rate of recipients. However, adherence to immunosuppressive therapy after transplantation is an indispensable condition for the renal graft survival. Assessment of the adherence to immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplant patients from a teaching hospital in São Luís -Maranhão, Brazil. Cross-sectional study of 151 kidney transplants with follow-up in the renal transplant clinic. Adherence to immunosuppressive was assessed by the self-report method Immunosuppressive Therapy Adherence Scale (ITAS): there was (60.3%) percentage of nonadherence of the transplant patients.
The variables that were statistically significant with nonadherence were:
being transplanted with a living donor (p=0.03), type of immunosuppressant used (p=0.04) and serum creatinine (p=0.04). We found a high rate of nonadherence to immunosuppressive therapy by the self-report method in renal transplant recipientsin an outpatient follow-up. This result becomes an important risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes, such as rejection and failure of the kidney graft
O transplante renal apresenta vantagens sobre as outras formas de terapias renais substitutivas (hemodiálise e diálise peritoneal), visto que melhora a qualidade de vida e aumenta a sobrevida dos receptores. Contudo, a adesão à terapia imunossupressora, após o transplante, é uma condição indispensável para a sobrevida do enxerto renal. Avaliar a adesão à terapia imunossupressora em transplantados renais de um hospital de ensino na cidade de São Luís –Maranhão. Estudo transversal, cujos dados foram coletados no período de maio de 2012 a abril de 2013 com aplicação de instrumentos junto a 151 transplantadosrenais acompanhados no ambulatório de Transplante renal. A adesão aos imunossupressores foi avaliada pelo método autorrelato com a Escala de Aderência à Terapia Imunossupressora (ITAS). Encontrou-se um percentual de não adesão de (60,3%) dos transplantados.
