Demographic and medical predictors of medication compliance among ethnically different pediatric renal transplant patients

Medication adherence in African-American and European- American pediatric r enal transplant recipients was evaluated by four separate measures. Demogra phic and medical factors were analyzed. Based on pill count/refill history, European-American females were more compliant than their male counterparts . Based on self-ratings of compliance, African-American recipients were mor e compliant if they had vs.had not had dialysis experience prior to their t ransplant. These recipients also had higher self-ratings of compliance if t heir donors were cadaveric rather than living related.