Patient satisfaction in a pharmacist-led kidney transplant pharmacotherapy clinic

Introduction:
Kidney transplantation is a major advancement in medicine, and long-term graft success depends heavily on immunosuppressive therapy. Clinical pharmacists have taken an increasing role in kidney transplant care, but evidence on patient satisfaction with pharmacist-led clinics remains limited.

Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia using a validated questionnaire to assess satisfaction with a pharmacist-led kidney transplant pharmacotherapy clinic. A total of 162 kidney transplant recipients completed phone-based surveys.

Results:
Patient satisfaction was consistently high across all evaluated domains, with nearly all respondents reporting positive experiences. Overall, 96.9% of patients were satisfied with the clinic.

Conclusion:
Pharmacist-led kidney transplant clinics enhance communication, education, medication management, and patient involvement in care, supporting their expansion in clinical practice. These findings underscore the role of clinical pharmacists in multidisciplinary teams. However, the study is limited by skewed satisfaction responses, reliance on self-reported phone interviews with potential recall and response bias, and its single-center design, which may limit broader generalizability. Future multi-center and longitudinal studies are warranted to validate and extend these results.