Open Access<p>Side Effects, Self-Management Activities, and Adherence to Oral Anticancer Agents</p>
Author(s) -
Yun Jiang,
Karen E Wickersham,
Xingyu Zhang,
Debra L. Barton,
Karen B. Farris,
John C. Krauss,
Marcelline R. Harris
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s224496
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacology , traditional medicine , bioinformatics , biology
There are growing concerns about patients' adherence to oral anticancer agents (OAAs), and the need for patients to engage in self-management of OAA-related side effects. We assessed associations among adherence, severity of side effects, and effectiveness of self-management of side effects in patients taking capecitabine.