title: [Patients on chemotherapy: depression and adherence to treatment].
abstract: This analytical, cross-sectional study applied a quantitative approach to verify the presence of depression and the adherence to a chemotherapy treatment in patients with cancer at the central chemotherapy pharmacy of a university hospital. The sample consisted of 102 patients, and data were collected from October 2010 to May 2011. A structured interview was used to obtain sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic data; the Morisky Test and Beck Depression Inventory were also applied. The results revealed that 10.8% and 1.9% of participants had moderate and severe depression, respectively. The presence of depression was significantly associated with variables such as income per capita, the number of surgeries, and disease duration. A lack of treatment adherence was identified in 48% of participants. These results indicate the need for health staff training to detect depressive disorders and chemotherapy treatment attrition among patients with cancer.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bianca Fresche
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Flavia Helena
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Nathalie de Lourdes Souza
authors.initials: Nde L
authors.lastname: Dewulf
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inocenti
authors.forename: Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Adriana Inocenti
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Miasso
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016903:Drug Monitoring