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Relationships between determinants of adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence in breast cancer

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Women's Health, March 2018
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Title
Relationships between determinants of adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence in breast cancer
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BMC Women's Health, March 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12905-018-0522-3
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Joo Yun Lee, Yul Ha Min

Abstract

Interventions that promote adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) adherence are critical to improve breast cancer survival. The development of interventions would benefit from a better understanding of the reasons for adherence and the causal relationships of determinants using theoretical or model approaches. The aim of the present study was to identify reasons for AET adherence in breast cancer patients with sequential relationships and inter-relationships. A total of 210 participants with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer who received AET completed a questionnaire assessing demographic/medical, psychological, and endocrine therapy (ET)-specific factors. A descriptive analysis was performed to identify meaningful variables. Selected variables were subjected to hierarchical regression and path analyses. The path model was tested and modified based on the research framework and the results of regression weights and model fit. Analysis of sequential effects showed that ET-specific factors contributed the largest proportion of variance (13.4%) to predict AET adherence, followed by psychological factors (4.6%) and demographic/medical factors (3.1%). Analysis of inter-relationships showed that demographic/medical factors such as AET regimen type and cancer stage have direct effects on AET adherence, whereas psychological factors contribute indirectly through the mediating effects of ET-specific factors. Assessments and interventions that encompass the patient's medication beliefs, self-efficacy, and depression are needed to promote AET adherence.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 60 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 15%
Student > Master 9 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 12%
Student > Postgraduate 5 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 21 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 8 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 13%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 7 12%
Psychology 6 10%
Unspecified 2 3%
Other 8 13%
Unknown 21 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 March 2018.
All research outputs
#5,810,623
of 23,028,364 outputs
Outputs from BMC Women's Health
#580
of 1,851 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#102,150
of 332,288 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Women's Health
#15
of 25 outputs
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