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    Fatores associados à adesão ao tratamento de crianças e adolescentes com doenças reumáticas crônicas
    (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2012-12-01) Bugni, Vanessa Miotto [UNIFESP]; Ozaki, Luciana da Silva [UNIFESP]; Okamoto, Karine Yoshiye Kajiyama [UNIFESP]; Barbosa, Cassia Maria Passarelli Lupoli [UNIFESP]; Hilário, Maria Odete Esteves [UNIFESP]; Len, Claudio Arnaldo [UNIFESP]; Terreri, Maria Teresa Ramos Ascensão [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    OBJECTIVE: There are several factors that contribute to poor adherence to treatment in children and adolescents with chronic rheumatic diseases, worsening their quality of life and prognosis. Our aim was to assess the rates of adherence to treatment and to identify the socioeconomic and clinical factors associated. METHODS: The sample included 99 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic erythematosus lupus, dermatomyositis or juvenile scleroderma. All patients were followed at the outpatient pediatric rheumatology for a minimum period of 6 months. To assess adherence, a questionnaire was administered to the providers, which included three blocks: 1) demographic, clinical and laboratory data; 2) medication adherence; and 3) attending follow-up appointments, examinations and use of orthoses. A value lower than or equal to 80% of the prescribed was considered poor adherence. RESULTS: A total of 53% of patients showed good overall adherence, observed when the caregiver lived in a stable union marital status (p = 0.006); 20 patients (20.2%) presented poor medication adherence, related to the use of three or more medications daily (p = 0.047). The causes of poor adherence were forgetfulness, refusal, incorrect dose or lack of medication, personal problems, and financial difficulties. CONCLUSIONS: We observed good overall treatment adherence in patients whose providers lived in stable union and poor adherence to medication in patients who used more than three types of medication daily. There was no association between the adherence rates and sex, age, time since diagnosis and disease activity.
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    Prevalence and correlates of non-adherence to immunosuppressants and to health behaviours in patients after kidney transplantation in Brazil - the ADHERE BRAZIL multicentre study: a cross-sectional study protocol
    (Biomed Central Ltd, 2018) Sanders-Pinheiro, Helady; Basile Colugnati, Fernando Antonio; Marsicano, Elisa Oliveira; De Geest, Sabina; Pestana Medina, Jose Osmar [UNIFESP]
    Background: Non-adherence to immunosuppressive therapy is a prevalent risk factor for poor clinical and after kidney transplantation (KT), and has contributed to the lack of improvement in long-term graft survival over the past decade. Understanding the multilevel correlates and risk factors of non-adherence is crucial to determine the optimal level for planning interventions, namely at the patient, health care provider, KT centre, and health care system level. Brazil, having the largest public transplantation program in the world and with regional differences regarding access to health services and service implementation, is in a unique position to study this multilevel approach. Therefore, the Adhere Brazil Study (ADHERE BRAZIL) was designed to assess the prevalence and variability of non-adherence to immunosuppressants and to health behaviours among adult KT recipients in Brazil, and to assess the multilevel correlates of non-adherence to immunosuppressive medication. We describe the rationale, design, and methodology of the ADHERE BRAZIL study. Methods/Design: This is an observational, cross-sectional, multicentre study that includes 20 Brazilian KT centres. A stratified sampling approach is used, based on strata, with the following characteristics considered: geographical region and transplant activity (number of KTs per year). A random sample of patients (proportional to the size of the centre within each stratum) is selected from each centre. The prevalence of different health behaviours is assessed through self-report. The assessment of multilevel correlates of non-adherence is guided by the ecological model that considers factors at the level of the patient, health-care professional, and transplant centre, using established instruments or instruments developed for this study. Data will be collected over an 18-month period, with information obtained during the regular follow-up visits to the transplant outpatient clinic and directly entered into the Research Electronic Data Capture (RedCap) system. Data entry is performed by a trained professional who is part of the transplant team. The data collection began in December 2015. Discussion: This multicentre study is the first to evaluate multilevel correlates of non-adherence in KT patients and will provide a reliable estimate of non-adherence in Brazilian KT patients.