<p>Investigation of adherence to immunosuppressive therapy and spiritual well-being in liver recipients</p>

Gunes H., Bulbuloglu S., SARITAŞ S.

TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY, cilt.72, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 72
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.trim.2022.101585
  • Dergi Adı: TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Immunosuppressive therapy, Liver transplantation, Recipients, Spiritual well-being, ORGAN-TRANSPLANTATION, HEALTH, METAANALYSIS, INSTRUMENT
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: In our study, we investigated the relationship between spiritual well-being and adherence to immunosuppressive therapy after liver transplantation.& nbsp;Method: We conducted this descriptive and cross-sectional study with the participation of 131 liver transplant recipients after they had received their transplants. Data collection was carried out using a Personal Information Form, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale and the Immunosuppressant Therapy Adherence Scale. The IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 25.0 was used for the statistical analyses.& nbsp;Results: While 73.3% of the patients were at the ages of 45-64, 72.5% were male, and 39.7% had been using immunosuppressive medication for a period between 6 months and 1 year. The rate of corticosteroid use among the patients was 30.5%, and the rate of antimetabolite use was 21.4%. A positive and significant relationship was found between adherence to immunosuppressive treatment and spiritual well-being (B = 0.425, p = 0.017).& nbsp;Conclusion: Spiritual well-being is an inexpensive, effective and easy strategy to increase adherence to immunosuppressive treatment. Awareness should be raised in physicians and nurses about the importance of spiritual well-being, and they should be encouraged to support spiritual well-being.