Patient Experiences With Oral Chemotherapy: Adherence, Symptoms, and Quality of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral therapies are increasingly common in oncology care. However, data are lacking regarding the physical and psychologic symptoms patients experience, or how these factors relate to medication adherence and quality of life (QoL).

Materials and methods

From December 2014 through August 2016, a total of 181 adult patients who were prescribed oral targeted therapy or chemotherapy enrolled in a randomized study of adherence and symptom management at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Patients completed baseline assessments of adherence with electronic pill cap, QoL, symptom severity, mood, social support, fatigue, and satisfaction with clinicians and treatment. Relationships among these factors were examined using Pearson product-moment correlations and mu

SUBMITTER: Jacobs JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626621 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature