The relationship between compliance with immunosuppressive therapy and religious attitudes of kidney transplant patients.

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between adherence to immunosuppressive therapy and religious attitudes of kidney transplant patients. METHOD: The research was conducted descriptively with patients followed in the transplantation clinic of the between 2015 and 2019. The sample consisted of 142 patients who met the study criteria. Before starting the study, necessary permissions were obtained from the institution, ethics committee and patients. RESULTS: There was a significant relationship between marital status, educational status, income status and the mean score of the immunosuppressive treatment adherence scale, and between family type and the mean score of the religious attitude scale (p < 0.05). Of these results only; It was determined that there was a significant relationship between the priority order of drugs in life, duration of renal failure and time after transplantation and drug compliance scale average score (p < 0.05). Those who do not want to donate their kidneys to their relatives, those who do not want to donate organs when they die, those whose religious beliefs affect drug compliance, the duration of kidney failure is between 1 and 12 months and the period after transplantation 13- It was determined that those who had 60 months had a "more positive religious attitude" (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: It was found that the mean score of the immunosuppressive treatment compliance scale of kidney transplant patients was at a good level, while the mean score of religious attitude was below the middle level. In addition, there was no significant relationship between the mean score of the immunosuppressive treatment compliance scale and the mean score of the religious attitude scale.

Level of Job Satisfaction Among Organ Transplant Coordinators and Difficulties Experienced by Them.

OBJECTIVE: This study, which we believe will contribute to more successful transplant processes, was carried out to evaluate the level of job satisfaction among organ transplant coordinators and the difficulties experienced by them. MATERIALS AND METHODS: As a cross-sectional study, this research was conducted between July 15, 2018, and August 8, 2018, through the support of the organ transplant coordinators working in the Turkish National Coordination Centre. Sociodemographic characteristics, insititutional difficulties and Minnesota Satisfaction Questonnaire were used for data collection. For the evaluation of the collected data, mean, standard deviation, t test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and the Pearson and Spearman correlation analyses were used. FINDINGS: Forty-eight percent of the organ transplant coordinators in this study experienced difficulties in getting overtime pay, whereas 38.2% experienced difficulties in getting the wages they deserved. A significant difference (P < .05) was found between having professional certification and job satisfaction level and between coordination system working unit and job satisfaction level. There was a negative correlation between job and job satisfaction level (P < .05). CONCLUSION: It will be useful to provide the necessary support to overcome the difficulties experienced by transplant coordinators and to increase job satisfaction levels.