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Introduction and objective: Non-adherence to immunosuppressive therapy may lead to graft rejection in transplanted patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to promote adherence to immunosuppressives in patients after transplantation of kidney, heart, liver, lung, or combination of the above mentioned organs in previously published secondary literature reviews. Methods: PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Database of Systematic Review were searched using the following search terms: “adherence”, or “compliance”, “transplant*” and “interven*”. The systematic reviews published until June, 2018 were analyzed. Quality of them was evaluated by AMSTAR 2 (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews). Results: Seven studies were included with a total of 46 primary studies. Reduced risk of developing graft rejection in patients receiving the intervention was found in 3 studies. Positive effect of interventions on the improvement of adherence to immunosuppressives or change in other behavioral aspects of the treatment, such as health literacy or quality of life, was found in 24 studies. The most effective strategy was to use multimodal interventions focuse

Author

Barbora Vaňková1, Kateřina Malá‐Ládová1, Sylvie Dusilová Sulková2, Josef Malý1

Publisher

Klinická farmakologie a farmacie

Published

2019