The College of Pharmacy discussed the MSc thesis entitled “Association of Medication-Related Burden with Achievement of Clinical Targets among Hemodialysis Patients”, by the student Shaymaa Abdulzahraa Hussein and the supervisor, Assistant Professor Dheyaa J. Kadhim, at the Clinical Pharmacy Department. The study aimed to determine the magnitude of perceived medication-related burden (MRB) among hemodialysis (HD) patients, and its association with adherence as well as different sociodemographic and clinical factors. The additional aim was to determine whether patients’ MRB is associated with the achievement of clinical targets. The study included Patients with ESKD if they were adults, currently on HD for at least 6 months before this study, and who used at least one medication on a regular base. The Arabic version of the ‟Living with Medicines questionnaire” was used to measure MRB experienced by the patients. The study concluded all patients on HD experienced varying degrees of MRB; however, the majority of them had a minimum to moderate MRB. Comorbidities increased MRB. The study recommended future interventional studies should concentrate on HD patients to lower MRB, which might ultimately enhance patients’ quality of life. In addition, further studies should be conducted to explore the burden of other treatment modalities on ESKD patients.
