Table 1.

Original specific BMQ (Horne) and modified specific BMQ items for women taking AET.

Original BMQ specific	Modified BMQ specific (BMQ-AET)
My health at present depends on medicines	My health at present depends on me taking hormone treatment
Having to take this medicine worries me	Having to take hormone treatment worries me
My life would be impossible without medicines	Taking hormone treatment makes me feel I am taking positive steps to remain well
Without my medicines I would be very ill	Without taking hormone treatment I would be more likely to develop breast cancer again
I sometimes worry about the long-term effects of taking medicines	I sometimes worry about long-term effects of taking hormone treatment
My medicines are a mystery to me	Hormone treatment is a mystery to me
My health in the future is dependent on my medicines	My health in the future will depend on me taking hormone treatment
My medicines disrupt my life	Taking hormone treatment disrupts my life
I sometime worry about becoming too dependent on medicines	I sometimes worry about having hormone treatment over a long period of time
My medicines protect me from becoming worse	Hormone treatment protects me from becoming ill

BMQ: Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire; AET: adjuvant endocrine therapy.