When can cancer patient treatment nonadherence be considered intentional or unintentional? A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment nonadherence in cancer patients remains high with most interventions having had limited success. Most studies omit the multi-factorial aspects of treatment adherence and refer to medication adherence. The behaviour is rarely defined as intentional or unintentional.

Aim

The aim of this Scoping Review is to increase understanding of modifiable factors in treatment nonadherence through the relationships that physicians have with their patients. This knowledge can help define when treatment nonadherence is intentional or unintentional and can assist in predicting cancer patients at risk of nonadherence and in intervention design. The scoping review provides the basis for method triangulation in two subsequent qualitative studies: 1. Sentiment analysis of onl

SUBMITTER: Wreyford L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155980 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature