Table 2.

Cohen’s kappa coefficients of the sections 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of PERSYVE

Section	Cohen’s Kappa
Sample size	n=124
1. Many patients have difficulties taking their medicines as the doctor recommended. In the past three months, was there any day or period of time when you did not take the drugs for blood pressure as recommended?	0.462***
Forgetfulness	0.412*
Economic reasons	0.520**
Drugs cause discomfort or malaise	0.474**
Blood pressure was normal	0.516**
Blood pressure was too low	0.651***
Blood pressure remained high	a
3. Have you ever spoken with someone about these symptoms?	0.330***
Specialist doctor	0.386**
General practitioner	0.260**
Other doctor	0.517***
Pharmacist	0.381**
Nurse	0.561***
Family/friends	0.286*
4. Do you think the symptoms you had may be caused by your medications?	0.461***
5. Have these symptoms led you to change the intake of medicines or stop taking them?	0.228**
6. Do you take other measures to help reduce your blood pressure?	0.724***
Exercise	0.724***
Diet	0.747***
Avoid salt intake	0.654***
Weight control (try not to get fat)	0.539***
Avoid stress	0.394***
Take a dietary supplement to control blood pressure	0.466***

^ano answers; *p< 0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001