• 1. The Xiang Ya nursing school of Central south university, Changsha 410013, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Breast Medicine, the Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha 410013, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Nursing, the Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha 410013, P. R. China;
  • 4. The Xiangya Evidence-based Practice and Health Innovation Center: JBI Collaboration Group, Changsha 410013, P. R. China;
  • 5. Department of Early Clinical Research Center, the Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha 410013, P. R. China;
LI Xuying, Email: 1259734926@qq.com
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Objective To systematically review the adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence among Chinese patients with breast cancer. Methods The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PubMed, EMbase, CINAHL, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data and CBM were electronically searched to collect studies on adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence among Chinese patients with breast cancer from inception to September 2022. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, then, meta-analysis was performed by using Stata 16.0 software. Results A total of 24 studies were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: the overall adherence rate of adjuvant endocrine therapy in Chinese breast cancer patients was 55.0% (95%CI 0.44 to 0.65), and a 5-year adherence rate was 54.4% (95%CI 0.46 to 0.63). Subgroup analysis showed that patients with good disease awareness, high education level, high monthly household income, living in cities, effective family support, no adverse drug reactions, high convenience of seeking medical treatment, regular review, health education, no comorbidities, and changes in medication type might have higher compliance. Conclusion The adherence rate of adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients in China is low. Adherence varies between sociodemographic characteristics, treatment, and social support for breast cancer patients.

Citation: WANG Lijie, LIU Jiahui, LI Xuying, PENG Siyi, HU Meihua, CHEN Jiejun, MENG Lingqi. Adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence among Chinese patients with breast cancer: a systematic review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2023, 23(2): 153-158. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202210101 Copy

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