Thinking about the prescribed medications you are taking related to your cancer or treatment side-effects: | |||
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1. How many different prescribed medications related to your cancer or treatment side-effects are you currently taking EACH DAY? | Nil / 1–2 / 3–4 / 5–6 / 7–8 / 9 or more | ||
2. In the last 7 days, have you missed a dose of one or more of your medications? | No | Yes | |
3. In the last 7 days, have you taken a medication at the wrong time? (eg. taken the medication at lunchtime instead of with breakfast) | No | Yes | |
4. In the last 7 days, have you taken a higher dose of a medication than as prescribed? | No | Yes | |
5. In the last 6 months, have you stopped taking any prescribed cancer-related medications without first getting your doctor’s approval to do so? | No | Not sure | Yes |
6. At your last 6 visits to your hematologist or cancer doctor, on how many of these occasions did they ask you whether you have been taking your cancer-related medications as prescribed? | Always, at every appointment | ||
Sometimes, but not at every appointment | |||
Never | |||
Not sure / can’t remember | |||
7. At your last 6 visits to your GP or regular doctor, on how many of these occasions did they ask you whether you have been taking your cancer-related medications as prescribed? | Always, at every appointment | ||
Sometimes, but not at every appointment | |||
Never | |||
Not sure / can’t remember |