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. 2021 Sep 16;23(9):e27576. doi: 10.2196/27576

Table 2.

Factors associated with treatment adherence in patients.

Characteristics Value, n (%) P value

Adherence (n=3780) Nonadherence (n=695)
Year <.001

2013.3-2014.5 410 (76.9) 123 (23.1)

2014.6-2015.5 453 (81.2) 105 (18.8)

2015.6-2016.5 551 (83.6) 108 (16.4)

2016.6-2017.5 677 (85.2) 118 (14.8)

2017.6-2018.5 799 (85.5) 136 (14.5)

2018.6-2019.5 890 (89.4) 105 (10.6)
Age (years) <.001

≤50 1444 (86.9) 218 (13.1)

50-70 1972 (95.6) 332 (14.4)

>70 364 (71.5) 145 (28.5)
Educational level <.001

Middle school or lower 1386 (81.8) 305 (18.2)

High school or higher 2332 (86.1) 377 (13.9)
Marital status .82

Married 3646 (86.7) 669 (13.3)

Others 134 (83.1) 26 (16.9)
Menopausal status .001

Pre 1498 (39.6) 230 (33.1)

Post 2282 (60.4) 465 (66.9)
Benign breast disease history .06

Yes 836 (86.5) 131 (13.5)

No 2944 (83.9) 564 (16.1)
Malignant disease history .08

Yes 167 (79.9) 42 (20.1)

No 3613 (84.7) 653 (15.3)
Family history of breast cancer .008

Yes 304 (89.4) 36 (10.6)

No 3476 (84.1) 659 (15.9)
Comorbidity .08

Yes 1471 (83.3) 295 (16.7)

No 2309 (85.2) 400 (14.8)
Breast surgery .32

Breast conserving 1361 (85.2) 236 (14.8)

Mastectomy 2419 (84.1) 459 (15.9)
Axillary surgery .001

SLNBa 2526 (67.2) 414 (60.7)

ALNDb 1233 (32.8) 268 (39.3)
Tumor size (cm) .001

≤2 2187 (86) 355 (14)

>2 1516 (82.3) 327 (47.9)
Lymph node status <.001

Negative 2508 (86.3) 397 (13.7)

Positive 1250 (81.4) 285 (18.6)
Pathological subtype .007

IDCc 3228 (83.9) 620 (16.1)

Non-IDC 552 (88) 75 (12)
Tumor grade <.001

I or II 1938 (86) 315 (14)

III 1279 (81.3) 295 (18.7)

Unknown 563 (86.9) 85 (13.1)
LVId .35

No 3324 (84.7) 602 (15.3)

Yes 456 (83.1) 93 (16.9)
ERe status .13

Negative 933 (83) 191 (17.9)

Positive 2847 (85) 504 (15)
PRf status .002

Negative 1339 (82.2) 290 (17.8)

Positive 2441 (85.8) 405 (14.2)
HER2g status <.001

Negative 2941 (85.6) 494 (14.4)

Positive 839 (80.7) 201 (19.3)
Ki-67 .001

<14% 1219 (87.1) 181 (12.9)

≥14% 2561 (83.3) 514 (16.7)
Molecular subtype <.001

Luminal-A like 831 (90) 92 (10)

Luminal-B like (HER2-negative) 1607 (84.4) 296 (15.6)

Luminal-B like (HER2-positive) 421 (78) 119 (22)

HER2 positive 418 (83.6) 82 (16.4)

Triple negative 503 (82.6) 106 (17.4)
TNMh stage <.001

Stage I 1713 (87.7) 241 (12.3)

Stage II 1512 (82.7) 318 (17.3)

Stage III 459 (79.5) 118 (20.5)
Group according to app use <.001

Pre-App cohort 2444 (82.4) 522 (17.6)

App nonused cohort 747 (86.8) 114 (13.2)

App used cohort 589 (90.9) 59 (9.1)

aSLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy.

bALND: axillary lymph node dissection.

cIDC: invasive ductal carcinoma.

dLVI: lymphovascular invasion.

eER: estrogen receptor.

fPR: progesterone receptor.

gHER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.

hTNM: tumor, lymph node, and metastasis.