With great power comes great responsibility : exploring identified factors that influence non-compliance behaviour in the South African liver transplant population

The non-compliance to a strict medicine regimen is a significant problem in transplant patients across the world, and we suspect also in South Africa. Despite the magnitude of the problem and the potentially life-threatening consequences of non-compliance, no research has focused on the South African liver transplant population. The following influencing factors on non-compliance were selected to be explored further in the South African context: beliefs about medicine; perceptions about one's condition; the effect of transplantation; and family dynamics and finances. The aims of the present study are to explore the possible relationships between patients' beliefs about their illness; beliefs about their medicine; feelings of guilt regarding the donor; feelings of responsibility to the transplant team and donor's family; low attendance records for clinics; family functioning and compliance.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Brand, Dominique

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Louw, Johann

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11902

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11902