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A Trial Examining An Advanced Practice Nurse Intervention To Promote Medication Adherence And Symptom Management In Adult Cancer Patients Prescribed Oral Anti-Cancer Agents: Study Protocol, Sandra L. Spoelstra, Peggy S. Burhenn, Tracy Dekoekkoek, Monica Schueller
A Trial Examining An Advanced Practice Nurse Intervention To Promote Medication Adherence And Symptom Management In Adult Cancer Patients Prescribed Oral Anti-Cancer Agents: Study Protocol, Sandra L. Spoelstra, Peggy S. Burhenn, Tracy Dekoekkoek, Monica Schueller
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Aim: To report a study protocol that refines then examines feasibility, preliminary efficacy, and satisfaction of ADHERE, an intervention using motivational interviewing and brief cognitive behavioral therapy as a mechanism for goal-oriented systematic patient education to promote symptom management and adherence among cancer patients prescribed oral anti-cancer agents.
Background: Cancer treatment with oral anti-cancer agents shifts responsibility for managing treatment from clinicians in supervised cancer centers to patients and their caregivers. Thus, a need exists to standardize start-of-care for support patient self-management of care at home.
Design: A two-phase quasi-experimental sequential design with repeated measures.
Methods: Sixty five adult patients …