Table 3.
Group B, Internal Medicine: ASK Survey Results
| Survey results | Patients, N (%) (N = 14) |
|---|---|
| Lifestyle | |
| I just forget to take my medication some of the time | 7 (50) |
| I run out of my medicine because I don't get refills on time | 7 (50) |
| I sometimes forget things that are important to me | 1 (7) |
| Attitudes and beliefs | |
| I feel confident that each one of my medications help me | 10 (71) |
| I know if I am reaching my health goals | 10 (71) |
| Help from others | |
| I have someone I can call with questions about my medications | 13 (93) |
| Talking with the healthcare team | |
| I understand my doctor's/nurse's instructions about the medicines I take | 13 (93) |
| My doctor/nurse and I work together to make decisions | 14 (100) |
| I am able to read and understand pill bottle labels | 14 (100) |
| Taking medicines | |
| Taking medicines more than once daily is inconvenient | 2 (14) |
| I have to take too many medicines daily | 3 (21) |
| It is hard for me to swallow the pills I have to take | 0 (0) |
| Have you … | |
| Taken a medicine more or less often than prescribed? | 7 (50) |
| Skipped or stopped taking a medicine because you didn't think it was working? | 5 (36) |
| Skipped or stopped taking a medicine because it made you feel bad? | 1 (7) |
| Skipped, stopped, not refilled, or taken less medicine because of the cost? | 7 (50) |
| Not had medicine with you when it was time to take it? | 4 (29) |
NOTE: Patients were interviewed by clinician by telephone; therefore, responses might have been inadvertently influenced by the interviewer.