Research Article
“Keeping the Boogie Man Away”: Medication Self-Management among Women Receiving Anastrozole Therapy
Table 1
Participant sociodemographic, breast cancer, and breast cancer treatment characteristics.
| | Characteristic | Current study participants
() | The AIM Study women who received anastrozole
() | value |
| | Age (in years) mean | 62.5 | 60.1 | .729 | | Years of education mean | 14.8 | 15.1 | .844 | | Marital status (%) | | | .528 | | Married | 6 (50.0) | 109 (67.3) | | | Divorced | 2 (16.7) | 20 (12.3) | | | Never married | 3 (25.0) | 18 (11.1) | | | Widowed | 1 (8.3) | 13 (8.0) | | | MEMS 6-month adherence % | 87.8 | 88.7 | .129 | | Breast cancer treatment (%) | | | | | Radiation therapy | 11 (91.7) | 32 (19.8) | .874 | | Mammosite therapy | 1 (8.3) | 12 (7.4) | | | Chemotherapy with anastrozole | 2 (16.7) | 25 (15.4) | .025* |
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P < .05.
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