ReviewOncology reviews2012
A literature review to investigate the link between psychosocial characteristics and treatment adherence in cancer patients.
Review in Oncology reviews, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.
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Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Integrating one-to-one peer support into psycho-oncological care in Germany: multi-perspective, mixed-methods evaluation of the isPO onco-guide service.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Trial
- Factors, including patient education, that impact cancer treatment adherence in low- and middle-income African countries: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Chronic cancer pain in adult oncology centers of Northern Ethiopia: prevalence, determinants, and clinical impact - a multi-center cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Autonomous motivation and adherence intention in long-term breast cancer treatment: a self-determination theory model.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2026Observational
- Transportation insecurity, loneliness, and emotional support among individuals with a history of cancer.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2026Article
- Extended reality in supporting cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review on the benefits and challenges across the cancer care continuum.Future healthcare journal · 2026Review
- Association of marital and parental status with stress, support, adherence, and quality of life among breast cancer women.PloS one · 2026Article
- Mediators of the association between psychological distress and mortality in people diagnosed with cancer.Nature communications · 2025Article
- "Quite Devastating, Traumatic, and Lonely": Understanding the Mental Health Experiences of Hispanic/Latino Rectal Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Social support, social constraint, and psychological adjustment in patients with colorectal cancer.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Virtual Reality and Sound Intervention under Chemotherapy (ViSu): study protocol for a three-arm randomised-controlled trial.BMJ open · 2025Article
- The impact of group music therapy on anxiety, stress, and wellbeing levels, and chemotherapy-induced side effects for oncology patients and their caregivers during chemotherapy: a retrospective cohort study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
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- B.R.E.A.S.T. Study protocol: Benefits of R-TEP EMDR protocol in Addressing diStress and Trauma in breast cancer patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Equity in cancer care: mixed methods clinical utility analysis of the Nursing Equity Assessment Tool (NEAT) to identify disadvantage in newly diagnosed cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Impacts of Intrafraction Virtual Reality-Based Environment Modification on Procedural Anxiety, Heart Rate, and Overall Radiation Therapy Experience During External Beam Radiation Therapy.Advances in radiation oncology · 2024Article
- Understanding veterans' experiences with lung cancer and psychological distress: A multimethod approach.Psychological services · 2024Article
- Impact of Patient Personality on Adherence to Oral Anticancer Medications: An Opportunity?JMIR cancer · 2024Article
- Overall and Cervical Cancer Survival in Patients With and Without Mental Disorders.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Physical and mental health of breast cancer patients and survivors before and during successive SARS-CoV-2-infection waves.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Article
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Abstract
Adherence to medication has been recognized as a key issue in health outcomes and efforts to improve patients' adherence are being made by the pharmaceutical industry, experts, and government bodies alike. This paper presents a review of these issues according to previous descriptive findings. Relevant studies written in English, published in 1976 or later, were identified through Medline, Embase and PsycInfo databases and reviewed. Review articles and clinical trials were excluded; all observational studies and surveys were considered. Articles were reviewed for any discussion of patients' characteristics and psychosocial characteristics affecting adherence to cancer treatment. The search strategy included a combination of key words adherence and cancer in titles. The major findings are summarized and presented under two main headings: i) patients' characteristics; and ii) psychosocial characteristics. In general, factors associated with increased likelihood of adherence to cancer treatment included younger age, higher education, higher income and Caucasian ethnicity. With regards to the psychosocial factors, lower levels of depression and anxiety, optimism as well as social support seemed to have a positive effect on treatment adherence. Studies of patterns of care in cancer treatment can help identify challenges in health care provided to particular subgroups of cancer patients and can aid researchers in designing studies that account for such factors in clinical and outcomes' research.
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