Keywords
adherence, executive functioning, caregiver monitoring, kidney diseases
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate associations between executive functioning and caregiver adherence monitoring with objective antihypertensive medication adherence over 24 months in adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Methods: Adolescents (N = 97, 11–20 years old) with CKD taking antihypertensive medication and their caregivers were recruited from three pediatric nephrology clinics. At baseline, adolescents and caregivers reported on adolescents’ executive functioning and caregivers reported on their adherence monitoring. Antihypertensive medication adherence was objectively assessed via electronic monitoring at baseline and every 6 months after for 24 months. Associations between executive functioning, caregiver monitoring, and longitudinal adherence were evaluated with linear mixed models.
Results: Up to 38% of adolescents had elevated executive functioning scores indicating more severe impairments, with rates varying by scale and reporter (adolescent versus caregiver). Caregiver monitoring showed a significant, negative association with adherence, but adolescents’ executive functioning was not significantly associated with adherence. Neither variable was associated with the rate of change in adherence over time.
Conclusions: Given that adolescents’ executive functioning was not associated with antihypertensive medication adherence or changes in adherence over time, adherence to daily pillform medications may involve less cognitive effort than more complex medical regimens. Higher levels of caregiver monitoring were unexpectedly associated with lower adherence levels. This unanticipated finding may reflect increased caregiver monitoring efforts when faced with
Original Publication Citation
Health Psychol. 2020 June ; 39(6): 509–518. doi:10.1037/hea0000851.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Eaton, Cyd K.; Duraccio, Kara McRae; Eakin, Michelle N.; Brady, Tammy M.; Pruette, Cozumel S.; Eckmann, Thomas; Mendley, Susan R.; Tuchman, Shamir; Fivush, Barbara A.; and Riekert, Kristen A., "Executive Functioning, Caregiver Monitoring, and Medication Adherence Over Time in Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease" (2021). Faculty Publications. 6168.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6168
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2021-8
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8897
Publisher
Department of Health and Human Services
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
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