Does sex matter? Longitudinal course and predictors of knowledge about immunosuppressant medication in patients after kidney transplantation: a KTx360° substudy
Over the period of the KTx360° trial we observed an increase in knowledge, mainly in patients with below-average baseline knowledge levels. While some improvements might be due to the catch-up effect, other changes suggest a different response to the same stimulus. In sex-specific analyses, we found higher knowledge levels in female participants at the start, but sex did not impact the progression of knowledge levels. Since there was no control group, it is not possible to determine the program's effect on knowledge levels.
Authors
- Deborah Meier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7635-2446)
- Uwe Tegtbur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4071-3385)
- Julia Talamo
- Lars Pape
- Martina de Zwaan
- Mario Schiffer
- Mariel Nöhre
Institutions
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- IGES Institut (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Transplantation
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frtra.2026.1697923
- Primary Topic
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00