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To explore the prevalence of psychological distress such as anxiety, depression and post‐traumatic stress disorder and its associations with medication adherence in lung transplant patients.

Psychological distress after lung transplantation may impact clinical outcomes by associated behaviours such as non‐adherence to medication. Evidence about the relation between psychological distress and medication adherence in lung transplant patients is limited and not well explained.

We conducted a single‐centre study with a cross‐sectional design in 73 lung transplant candidates and 116 recipients. Questionnaires were the Brief Symptom Inventory, Impact of Event Scale and Basel Assessment of Adherence to Immunosuppressive Medications Scale. The STROBE checklist was monitored.

In candidates, 39.7% reported (sub)clinical symptoms of …