Objective To explore the correlation of oral
chemotherapy adherence and illness
perception among
colorectal cancer patients at different stages of
chemotherapy in order to provide evidence for improving oral
chemotherapy adherence among
colorectal cancer patients in clinical practice.
Methods A prospective
longitudinal study was employed.Convenience sampling was used to recruit 132 cases of
colorectal cancer patients.Data of general information,oral
chemotherapy adherence and illness
perception were collected by
questionnaire.Results At different stages of
chemotherapy,
patient's score of oral
chemotherapy adherence were 7.24±1.15,6.97±1.43,6.95± 1.17;
patients' illness
perception scores were 40.12±9.47,39.91±8.65,37.01±6.83.Oral
chemotherapy adherence was negatively correlated with illness
perception (r=-0.225,P<0.05;r=-0.279,P<0.01;r=-0.277,P<0.01).Conclusion Higher level of
patient's illness
perception was related to worse oral
chemotherapy adherence.
Nurses should instruct
patients to understand the
disease and the
treatment correctly,to reduce the adverse impact on
patients'
life and
emotion,and to improve
patients'
compliance with oral
chemotherapy.