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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Sep 9;22(3):584–586. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.08.007

Table 2.

Beliefs About Medications: Correlations With Seizure Frequency and Adherence

BMQ Scale Seizure Frequency1 Adherence Rating Past 4 Weeks2 Morisky Score3
r p r p R p
Harm 0.21 0.085 −0.26 0.032 0.07 0.565
Overuse 0.08 0.537 −0.07 0.546 0.10 0.418
Benefit −0.26 0.036 0.36 0.002 −0.14 0.242
Necessity −0.07 0.546 −0.01 0.918 −0.09 0.457
Concern 0.37 0.002 −0.25 0.036 0.10 0.432
1

Patient self-reported seizure frequency over the past 4 weeks

2

Adherence rating: range 1 – 6 (i.e., 1 = very poor, 6 = excellent)

3

Morisky score: range 1 – 4 (higher score is indicative of worse adherence)