Journal Article

Psychometric properties of the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire (BMQ)-AET for Women taking Adjuvant Endocrine Therapies (AET) following early-stage breast cancer

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire to explore adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy after treatment for breast cancer (BMQ-AET). Method: Factor structure of the BMQ-AET was explored alongside internal consistency, convergent validity and acceptability. Results: The BMQ-AET Specific Scale fitted the original 10 item model. Internal consistency of the BMQ-AET was much improved compared to the original BMQ and convergent validity showed predicted direction of correlation, although correlation with BMQ-AET concerns scale was low. Acceptability was good. Conclusions: The evaluation of the BMQAET is encouraging, and could facilitate future research around adherence to AET.

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Authors

Brett, Jo
Hulbert-Williams, Nick J.
Fenlon, Deborah
Boulton, Mary
Walter, Fiona M.
Donnelly, Peter
Lavery, Bernadette
Morgan, Adrienne
Morris, Carolyn
Horne, Rob
Watson, Eila

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Dates

Year of publication: 2017
Date of RADAR deposit: 2017-10-09

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