The relationship between compliance of analgesic drugs and self-management efficacy in patients with lung cancer

Abstract

Objective To explore the relationship between compliance of analgesic drugs and self-management efficacy in patients with lung cancer, and to provide reference for formulating targeted interventions. Methods A total of 287 cases of lung cancer patients in the Second Hospital of Wuxi Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University from January 2015 to December 2017 were recruited by convenience sampling method. General information questionnaire, Morisky Medication Adherece Scale and the Chinese version of Strategies Used by People to Promote Health (C-SUPPH) were applied to investigate the level of self-management efficacy and medication compliance status, so as to analyze the relationship between self-management efficacy and medication compliance. Results The score of self-management efficacy of the 287 lung cancer patients was (91.58±28.06) , and the score of medication compliance was (6.04±1.23) . The correlation analysis showed that the positive attitude dimension, the stress reduction dimension and the making decisions dimension in C-SUPPH were all positively correlation with medication compliance (r=0.607, 0.497, 0.374; P<0.01) . Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that age, comorbidity and self-management efficacy were the influencing factors of medication compliance of analgesic drugs in patients with lung cancer (P<0.01) . Conclusions The compliance of lung cancer patients with analgesics needs to be improved. Patient's medication compliance increases with the self-management efficacy. Therefore, health education can strengthen patient's self-management efficacy, so as to improve patient's medication compliance. Key words: Lung neoplasms; Medication compliance; Analgesics; Self-management efficacy