Table 5: Comparison of the constructs of medication adherence between Turkish HBTS and HBTS-M.
| Turkish HBTS | HBTS-M |
|---|---|
| Unintentional medication non-adherence | Medication adherence (component 1) |
| • Forget to take your hypertension medicine? | • How often do you forget to take your blood pressure medicine? |
| • Miss taking your hypertension pills when you are careless? | • How often do you miss taking your high blood pressure pills when you are careless? |
| • Skip your hypertension medicine before you go to the doctor? | • How often do you skip your high blood pressure medicine before you go to the doctor? |
| • Forget to get prescriptions filled? | • How often do you forget to get your repeat medication? |
| • Run out of hypertension pills?a | • How often do you decide NOT to take your blood pressure medicine?a |
| • Take someone else’s hypertension pills?a | |
| Intentional medication non-adherence | Medication adherence (component 2) |
| • Miss taking your hypertension pills when you feel better? | • How often do you miss taking your high blood pressure pills when you feel sick? |
| • Miss taking your hypertension pills when you feel sick? | • How often do you miss taking your high blood pressure pills when you feel better? |
| • Decide not to take your hypertension medicine?a | • How often do you run out of high blood pressure pills?a |
aSignify differences of items within the construct