Psychometric properties of the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire–adjuvant endocrine therapy (BMQ-AET) for women taking AETs following early-stage breast cancer

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

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Abstract

This study evaluated the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire to explore adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy after treatment for breast cancer (BMQ-AET). Factor structure of the BMQ-AET was explored alongside internal consistency, convergent validity and acceptability. 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. The evaluation of the BMQ-AET is encouraging, and could facilitate future research around adherence to AET.

Original languageEnglish
JournalHealth Psychology Open
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2017

Keywords

  • adherence
  • adjuvant endocrine therapy
  • Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire
  • Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire–adjuvant endocrine therapy
  • convergent validity
  • evaluation
  • factor structure

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