Table 2.

Response of study participants on the MMAS-8 attending follow up at ophthalmic unit of referral hospitals in North West Ethiopia, 2019.

MMAS-8		Frequency	Percent
Do you sometimes forget to take your glaucoma medication?	No	234	61.3
	Yes	148	38.7
People sometimes miss taking their medications for reasons other than forgetting. Thinking over the past two weeks, were there any days when you did not take your medicine?	No	300	78.5
	Yes	82	21.5
Have you ever stopped taking your medicine without telling your doctor because you felt worse when you took it?	No	338	88.5
	Yes	44	11.5
When you travel or leave home, do you sometimes forget to bring along your medicine?	No	244	64
	Yes	138	36
Did you take all your medicine yesterday?*	Yes	328	85.8
	No	54	14.2
When you feel like your symptoms are under control, do you sometimes stop taking your medicine?	No	340	89
	Yes	42	11
Taking medicine every day is a real inconvenience for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your treatment plan?	No	318	83
	Yes	64	17
How often do you have difficulty remembering to take all your medicine?	Never	156	40.8
	Once in a while	6	1.6
	Sometimes	196	51.3
	Usually	16	4.2
	All the time	8	2.1