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Published on: April 12, 2021
Association between physical activity and immunosuppressive medication adherence among renal transplant recipients: a
Pengpeng Zhang1,2, Xiaofei Fan1, Linghui Xiang3
1Department of Transplantation, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Background:
Behavioural interventions are closely associated with immunosuppressive medication (IM) adherence. We aimed to explore the relationship between physical activity and IM adherence among renal transplant patients (RTPs) to determine potential interventions to improve IM adherence.
Design:
A case-control study.
Setting:
Single-centre study in Changsha, China.
Participants:
The study population included 624 RTPs who were adherent to IM and 417 RTPs who were non-adherent to IM.
Main Outcome Measures:
Sociodemographic characteristics of RTPs, IM adherence and the association between physical activity patterns or frequency and IM adherence.
Results:
The proportion of RTPs who were non-adherent to IM was 40.06%. Compared with RTPs non-adherent to IM, those who were adherent were older, more likely to be married, were evaluated closer to initial time of transplant, had shorter pretransplant waiting times and engaged in more physical activity. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that, in the pretransplant stage, only high-frequency aerobic physical activity was significantly associated with IM adherence. However, in the post-transplant stage, patients engaging in low-frequency aerobic physical activity, high-frequency resistance physical activity or high-frequency aerobic physical activity had 2.01, 2.96 and 2.67 times greater odds of being adherent to IM, respectively, compared with patients with no physical activity. RTPs without physical activity in the pretransplant stage were more likely to be adherent to IM if they engaged in post-transplant physical activity. RTPs engaging in low-frequency physical activity in the pretransplant stage may have better IM adherence if they engaged in post-transplant physical activity. RTPs engaging in high-frequency post-transplant physical activity were significantly associated with a greater likelihood of being adherent to IM compared with RTPs engaging in low-frequency post-transplant physical activity.
Conclusion:
Our study revealed that physical activity, especially in the post-transplant stage, is closely associated with IM adherence and presents a potential intervention for improving IM adherence by RTPs.
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