User acceptance of an app-based adherence intervention: Perspectives from patients taking oral anticancer medications.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Widespread adoption by patients is imperative for the success of app-based interventions for enhancing adherence to oral anticancer medications. Patients' attitudes and beliefs should be evaluated to understand determinants of their acceptance and adoption of such interventions. OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that influence cancer patients' intention to adopt an app-based system for enhancing oral anticancer medication adherence. METHODS:This study was conducted as part of the usability evaluation of an app-based system for enhancing adherence. We followed the grounded theory approach employing audio-recorded face-to-face interviews for data collection from patients taking oral anticancer medications (n = 15) and caregivers of such patients (n = 3). Data analysis involved verbati

SUBMITTER: Ali EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6348460 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature