1. Beliefs about medicines and adherence in women with breast cancer on adjuvant endocrine therapy
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Soo-Chin Lee, Wan Qin Chong, Bee Choo Tai, Sing Huang Tan, Eng Hooi Tan, Li En Yvonne Ang, Jingshan Ho, Siew Eng Lim, Andrea Li Ann Wong, Chuan Chien Tan, and Patrick Wong
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Endocrine therapy ,Reproducibility of Results ,Medication adherence ,Breast Neoplasms ,medicine.disease ,Medication Adherence ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Breast cancer ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business ,Adjuvant ,Applied Psychology - Abstract
The Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) and Adherence Starts with Knowledge (ASK-12) questionnaire were originally developed and validated in Western populations to assess beliefs and barriers to medication adherence. The study aim is to validate the BMQ and ASK-12 questionnaire for use in a Singapore population with early stage breast cancer. English-speaking women on adjuvant endocrine therapy ( n = 157) were recruited. The BMQ-Specific showed good internal consistency with structural validity. The internal consistency of BMQ-General and ASK-12 Behaviour scale improved with the new factor structure obtained from exploratory factor analysis. Further studies are needed to confirm these factor structures.
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- 2021
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