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Psychometric properties of the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire–adjuvant endocrine therapy (BMQ-AET) for women taking AETs following early-stage breast cancer

Authors :
Jo Brett
Nick J Hulbert-Williams
Deborah Fenlon
Mary Boulton
Fiona M Walter
Peter Donnelly
Bernadette Lavery
Adrienne Morgan
Carolyn Morris
Rob Horne
Eila Watson
Source :
Health Psychology Open, Vol 4 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
SAGE Publishing, 2017.

Abstract

This study evaluated the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire to explore adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy after treatment for breast cancer (BMQ-AET). Factor structure of the BMQ-AET was explored alongside internal consistency, convergent validity and acceptability. The BMQ-AET Specific Scale fitted the original 10 item model. Internal consistency of the BMQ-AET was much improved compared to the original BMQ and convergent validity showed predicted direction of correlation, although correlation with BMQ-AET concerns scale was low. Acceptability was good. The evaluation of the BMQ-AET is encouraging, and could facilitate future research around adherence to AET.

Subjects

Subjects :
Psychology
BF1-990

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20551029
Volume :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Health Psychology Open
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6f83f9b6588e48f8a48a5ae5a196dced
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102917740469