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This study examined perceived medication regimen characteristics as factors in levels of medication adherence among 26 African American and 42 European American pediatric renal transplant patients. Among both groups, perceived characteristics of their medication regimen, including pill size, pill taste and medication complexity, were found to have significantly low to moderate associations with medication adherence. These associations were stronger and more consistent across medication adherence measures among the African American patients. This supports the need to separately examine the factors contributing to medication adherence among ethnically different pediatric patients. Suggestions for promoting medication adherence among pediatric patients with renal transplants and implications for future research are discussed.
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Received: 21 September 2000 / Revised: 14 November 2001 / Accepted: 18 November 2001
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Tucker, C., Fennell, R., Pedersen, T. et al. Associations with medication adherence among ethnically different pediatric patients with renal transplants. Pediatr Nephrol 17, 251–256 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-001-0806-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-001-0806-x