Understanding health-seeking and adherence to treatment by patients with esophageal cancer at the Uganda cancer Institute: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the low- and middle-income countries, most patients with esophageal cancer present with advanced stage disease and experience poor survival. There is inadequate understanding of the factors that influence decisions to and actual health-seeking, and adherence to treatment regimens among esophageal cancer patients in Uganda, yet this knowledge is critical in informing interventions to promote prompt health-seeking, diagnosis at early stage and access to appropriate cancer therapy to improve survival. We explored health-seeking experiences and adherence to treatment among esophageal cancer patients attending the Uganda Cancer Institute.

Methods

We conducted an interview based qualitative study at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). Participants included patients wi

SUBMITTER: Esther N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890846 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature