Treatment Adherence in Patients with Lung Cancer from Prospects of Patients and Physicians
| Autor: | Sofia Nikolaidi, Marina Economou, Lily E Peppou, Dimitrios Varvaras, Konstantinos N. Syrigos, Kyriakos Souliotis, Antonia Paschali, Androniki Marioli, Maria Saridi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Treatment adherence Attitude of Health Personnel Concordance Disease Anxiety Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Risk Factors medicine Humans Risk factor Lung cancer Depression (differential diagnoses) patients’ and physicians’ prospects Aged Neoplasm Staging Physician-Patient Relations Greece business.industry Depression General Medicine medicine.disease Treatment Adherence and Compliance lung cancer Family medicine Educational Status Female medicine.symptom business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : APJCP |
| ISSN: | 2476-762X 1513-7368 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Adherence to treatment can be defined as the degree to which a patient’s behavior is consonant with medical or health advice he or she receive as part of his treatment regimen. The aim of this study was: 1) to measure the rate of treatment adherence to among patients with lung cancer from the prospect of both patients and physicians, 2) to measure the degree of concordance between the two prospect, and 3) to identify factors related to adherence for both prospect (patients and physicians). Materials and Methods: A total of 250 patients were included in this study. Information about socio-economic characteristics, depressive and anxiety symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale), nicotine dependence (Fagerstrom scale), barriers to accessing care, and the level of treatment adherence was collected through interview. Physicians were enquired about disease and treatment variables as well as patients’ level of adherence. Results: From the patient perspective, only 1.2% of patients displayed poor adherence; whereas the corresponding percentage among physicians was 12.4%. The concordance between the two was low: 0.244. The correlation of measurements made on the same individual was found to be equal to 0.14. Barriers to accessing medication (O.R.=2.82, 95% C.I.: 1.01-8.09) was the only risk factor when adherence was self-rated; barriers to accessing medication (O.R.=2.45, 95% C.I.: 1.03-5.86), education equal to 12 years (O.R.=0.33, 95% C.I.: 0.13-0.82) or higher than 12 years (O.R.=0.28, 95% C.I.: 0.08-0.96), nicotine dependence (O.R.=1.41, 95% C.I. 1.17-1.69) and HADS anxiety score (O.R.=1.15, 95% C.I. 1.03-1.30) were the predictors in physicians’ rating. Conclusions: Differences in rating adherence may underpin communication gaps between patients and physicians. Systemic determinants of poor adherence should not be overlooked. A concerted effort by researchers, physicians and policy makers in defining as well as communicating adherence, while removing its barriers should be made. |
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