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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2020 Jan;20(1):274-281.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.15590. Epub 2019 Oct 12.

Association between day of the week and medication adherence among adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients

Julie Boucquemont  1 , Ahna L H Pai  2   3 , Vikas R Dharnidharka  4   5 , Diane Hebert  6 , Nataliya Zelikovsky  7 , Sandra Amaral  7   8 , Susan L Furth  7   8 , Bethany J Foster  1   9   10
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Association between day of the week and medication adherence among adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients

Julie Boucquemont et al. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Disruption of usual routines may hinder adherence, increasing the risk of rejection. We aimed to compare weekend versus weekday medication adherence among adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients, hypothesizing poorer adherence on weekends. We examined data from the Teen Adherence in Kidney transplant Effectiveness of Intervention Trial (TAKE-IT). We assessed the 3-month run-in period (no intervention) and the 12-month intervention interval, considering a potential interaction between weekend/weekday and treatment group. Adherence was monitored using electronic pillboxes in participants 11-24 years followed in eight transplant centers in Canada and the United States. We used logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to estimate the association between weekends/weekdays and each of perfect taking (100% of prescribed doses taken) and timing (100% of prescribed doses taken on time) adherence. Taking (OR = 0.72 [95% CI 0.65-0.79]) and timing (OR = 0.66 [95% CI 0.59-0.74]) adherence were poorer on weekends than weekdays in the run-in (136 participants) and the intervention interval (taking OR = 0.74 [0.67-0.81] and timing OR = 0.71 [95% CI 0.65-0.77]). There was no interaction by treatment group (64 intervention and 74 control participants). Weekends represent a disruption of regular routines, posing a threat to adherence. Patients and families should be encouraged to develop strategies to maintain adherence when routines are disrupted. TAKE-IT registration number: Clinicaltrials.gov registration: NCT01356277 (May 17, 2011).

Keywords: adherence; clinical research; compliance; epidemiology; kidney transplantation; nephrology; pediatrics; practice.

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Figure 1.
Proportions of days where all patients had 100% taking or 100% timing adherence for each day of the week in the run-in period of the TAKE-IT trial (n=136). The graph indicates the proportion of specific days on which all patients took all prescribed doses of immunosuppressive medications (triangles) or took all prescribed doses on time (circles). For example, all patients took all prescribed doses of medications on ~85% of Mondays; all patients took all prescribed doses on time on ~74% of Tuesdays for morning doses.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Proportions of days where all patients had 100% taking or 100% timing adherence for each day of the week in the intervention interval of the TAKE-IT trial (n=138). The graph indicates the proportion of specific days on which all patients took all prescribed doses of immunosuppressive medications (triangles) or took all prescribed doses on time (circles). For example, all patients took all prescribed doses of medications on ~85% of Mondays for morning doses in the intervention group; all patients took all prescribed doses on time on ~54% of Friday for evening doses in the control group.
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Figure 3.
Correlation between weekend and weekday adherence in the run-in period of the TAKE-IT trial.
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Figure 4.
Correlation between weekend and weekday adherence in the intervention interval of the TAKE-IT trial.
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