Table 2.

Relationship Between Patient's Estimate of Adherence Question and the Physician's Estimate of Adherence

			Patient's Report on the Last Time He/She Forgot to Take Therapy
			Yesterday	Last Week	>1 but <3 Weeks Ago	3 to 4 Weeks Ago	Never
			NonAdherent		Adherent
Physician's estimate of adherence	Optimal	Adh	8 (23.5)	25 (38.5)	27 (55.1)	36 (65.5)	80 (68.4)
	Suboptimal	Non adh	20 (58.8)	36 (55.4)	20 (40.8)	14 (25.5)	33 (28.2)
	Absent		6 (17.6)	4 (6.2)	2 (4.1)	5 (9.1)	4 (3.4)

NonAdh, nonadherents; Adh, adherents.