Publications by authors named "Martina Bago"
Aim: To explore the relationship between the current work ability index (WAI) and depressive and anxiety symptoms in breast cancer (BC) patients and the role of depressive, anxiety, and physical symptoms in mediating this relationship.
Methods: This prospective study enrolled 83 employed women with BC. At baseline assessment (in the first three months following BC diagnosis) and follow-up assessment (one year after baseline), participants completed the WAI, Beck Depression Inventory-II, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire with a breast cancer-specific module.
Treatment adherence is crucial for optimal outcomes in advanced breast cancer, but can be challenging due to various factors, . patients' attitudes and behavior upon diagnosis, and complex therapies with high adverse effect rates. Our aim was to explore the adherence to oral anticancer medications (OAM) in women with advanced breast cancer, focusing on cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitors (CDKI), and identify factors associated with the adherence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedication non-adherence jeopardises the effectiveness of chronic therapies and negatively affects financial sustainability of healthcare systems. Available medication adherence-enhancing interventions (MAEIs) are utilised infrequently, and even more rarely reimbursed. The aim of this paper was to review reimbursed MAEIs across selected European countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There are only a few studies in patients with haemophilia (PWH) that examined both quality of life and depressive symptoms, with only few studies examining their association. Aim of this study was to examine the association between depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in PWH from Croatia and Slovenia.
Subjects And Methods: A total of 112 adult PWH on prophylactic (73%) or on-demand (27%) treatment were included in the study (median age 46 years, range 18-73 years).
Background Medication adherence is an important issue, not just health-related, for patients with haemophilia. Poor medication adherence to long-term therapies limits the potential of effective treatments to improve patients' health-related quality of life. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the association of reported medication adherence and health-related quality of life in patients with haemophilia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Adherence to a prophylactic therapy is obligatory to prevent bleeding in patients with haemophilia. It has already been recognized that depression is associated with treatment adherence.
Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in adults with haemophilia using an instrument designed or validated for diagnosing or screening for depression and to investigate the association of symptoms of depression with nonadherence to prophylactic therapy in patients from two East European countries.
Background: The aim of this study is to determine the results of pharmacist interventions on patient's adherence to drugs in community settings.
Subjects And Methods: The study was designed using a standard EQ-SDQ questionnaire and a Culig questionnaire about the adherence to drug. General Level Framework (GLF) was used as a tool for competence assessment among community pharmacists.