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PILOT STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING PATIENT-COMPLIANCE TO CURATIVE TREATMENT OF CANCER
A survey was conducted among patients/patient carers with definite diagnosis of cancer to identify if there was compliance to suggested curative therapy and if they did not choose to or if there was a delay or interruption in treatment, what were the factors affecting this non compliance. 37 patien...
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Centre for Development Studies-UPR
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/00052.pdf |
| Summary: | A survey was conducted among patients/patient carers with definite diagnosis of cancer to identify if there was compliance to suggested curative therapy and if they did not choose to or if there was a delay or interruption in treatment, what were the factors affecting this non compliance. 37 patients in Calicut district were included. A Malayalam questionnaire was developed to obtain information from patients or primary carers of patients. Volunteers were trained to use the questionnaire and record the information. 33.33 |
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