Adherence among breast cancer women from Peru

Introduction: An optimal adherence to chemotherapy treatment among women with breast cancer (BC) is necessary to avoid the clinical progression of the disease. Objective: to identify predictors of two adherence behaviors among women with BC under chemotherapy: "Attending scheduled consultation with the specialist" and "Caring areas of the body to heat exposure". Methods: this cross-sectional study included 70 women with BC from Peru, whom answered at 2 self-administered questionnaires: 1) Motives and competencies related-to-adherence behaviors, and 2) Stress-related situations. For data analysis we used the SPSS (R) statistical package. Results: the predictors of the behavior "Attending scheduled consultation with the specialist" were past behavioral competencies as well as low stress-related to both ambiguity/frustration tolerances (F[2.66]=31.080; p<0.001), explaining both factors 46.9% of the variance. Despite the behavior "Caring areas of the body to heat exposure" was predicted by one factor and one index, the inal analysis shows that no-linearity assumption was violated. Conclusions: Attending scheduled consultation with the specialist and their relevance to future treatments among women with BC it is key to avoid the clinical progression of the diseases. We discuss the implications of these indings for the purpose of improving treatment adherence behaviors within health-care institutions in Peru. 1665-9201 (C) 2014 Gaceta Mexicana de Oncologia. Publicado por Masson Doyma Mexico S. A. todos los derechos reservados.