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Table 3 Factors associated with nonadherence in HD patients

From: Adherence to prescribed oral medication in adult patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis: A critical review of the literature

Demographic factors

age

sex/gender

educational level

marital status/living arrangements

race/ethnicity

income/employment status

cost/payment/insurance/socioeconomic situation

smoking/drinking/drug abuse

religion/religiosity

Clinical factors

length of time on hemodialysis

chronicity/chronic conditions

diabetic status

former transplant history

treatment regimen complexity/high tablet burden

tablet size and taste

treatment side effects

Psychosocial factors

health beliefs/knowledge/motivation

self-esteem

cognitive behaviour/function

health locus of control1

social support and family dynamics

psychiatric illness anxiety/depression

coping style

patient-physician relationship

  1. 1defined as a high expectation that one's actions have a causal relationship with the produced consequences.
  2. These factors are mainly based on expert opinion.