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Effect of eHealth Interventions on Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Background
Kidney transplant recipients must take immunosuppressive drugs for life, and medication non-adherence is a primary risk factor for graft loss and death. With the advancement of technology, electronic health applications are widely used in chronic disease management and offer the potential to improve medication adherence in kidney transplant recipients.
Aim
This meta-analysis aims to evaluate randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that assess the effectiveness of eHealth interventions in improving medication adherence among kidney transplant recipients.
Methods
This study, which was designed as a systematic review and meta-analysis, followed PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocols in the planning and reporting phases. Electronic databases and manual literature searches were the two main data sources. Full-text RCTs in PubMed, Medline, Web of Science and Scopus databases were systematically searched. The searches covered studies from 2014 to March 2024.
Results
The search yielded 524 articles. Eight RCTs with 779 participants were included in the analysis. The meta-analysis results indicated that, compared with the control group, adherence rates (RR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.06–1.35; p = 0.01. Heterogeneity: Q = 8.69; p = 0.28; I2 = 19%) and adherence scores (SMD: 0.17; 95% CI: 0.05–0.29; p = 0.02. Heterogeneity: Q = 0.45; p = 0.93; I2 = 0%) significantly increased in the eHealth intervention group compared with the control group.
Conclusion
The findings of this report show that eHealth interventions to improve medication adherence in kidney transplant recipients show favourable outcomes compared with standard care. We recommend eHealth interventions to improve long-term survival and patient outcomes in kidney transplant recipients.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Renal Care (JORC), formally EDTNA/ERCA Journal, is the official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nursing Association/European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA).
The Journal of Renal Care is an international peer-reviewed journal for the multi-professional health care team caring for people with kidney disease and those who research this specialised area of health care. Kidney disease is a chronic illness with four basic treatments: haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis conservative management and transplantation, which includes emptive transplantation, living donor & cadavaric transplantation. The continuous world-wide increase of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) means that research and shared knowledge into the causes and treatment is vital to delay the progression of CKD and to improve treatments and the care given.
The Journal of Renal Care is an important journal for all health-care professionals working in this and associated conditions, such as diabetes and cardio-vascular disease amongst others. It covers the trajectory of the disease from the first diagnosis to palliative care and includes acute renal injury. The Journal of Renal Care accepts that kidney disease affects not only the patients but also their families and significant others and provides a forum for both the psycho-social and physiological aspects of the disease.