Table 2.
n | Concordance | Always | Often | At times | Rarely | Never | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forget to take medication | 147 | 40% | |||||
PCP; % | 0.6 | 2.3 | 17.4 | 37.8 | 41.9 | ||
Patient; % | 4.1 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 64.9 | ||
Change the doses | 136 | 56% | |||||
PCP; % | 0.0 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 31.0 | 55.0 | ||
Patient; % | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 86.1 | ||
Suspend for a while | 137 | 57% | |||||
PCP; % | 0.0 | 2.3 | 9.2 | 35.8 | 52.6 | ||
Patient; % | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 89.1 | ||
Deliberately omitted to take a dose | 137 | 61% | |||||
PCP; % | 0.0 | 1.7 | 9.3 | 29.7 | 59.3 | ||
Patient; % | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 88.4 | ||
Take less than prescribed | 134 | 52% | |||||
PCP; % | 0.6 | 2.4 | 10.0 | 38.2 | 48.8 | ||
Patient; % | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 89.8 |
Abbreviation: PCP, primary care physician.