Table 1.
Characteristics of reviewed generic measures of medicine-related experiences
| Instrument | Focus | Study population/setting | No of items and subscales | Response scale | Administration mode/recall period | Original language/country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMQ42 | Patients’ beliefs about medicines | Chronically ill patients, aged 45–64 years, using one or more regular prescription medicine/hospital clinics | 18 items in four subscales | 5-Point Likert-type scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree) | Self-completion | English/UK |
| SIMS58 | Patient satisfaction with medicine information | Chronically ill patients, aged 46–68 years, using one or more regular prescription medicine/hospital clinics and wards | 17 items in two subscales | 5-Point Likert-type scale (too much, about right, too little, none received and none needed) | Self-completion | English/UK |
| Jenkins et al59 | Doctor–patient communication about medicines | Patients with a doctor consultation/general practice | 12–20 items for pre and post-consultation questionnaire | 3-Point Likert-type scale (agree, disagree, uncertain/no response) | Self-completion | English/UK |
| DTC52 | Patients’ perceptions of medicine-related problems | Adults, average age 69 years, using five (±3.4) prescription medicines/community pharmacies and general public | 25 items in five subscales | 5-Point Likert-type scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree) | Self-completion | English/USA |
| TSQM (version 1.4)39 | Patient satisfaction with medicines | Chronically ill adults, mean age 50 years, using regular medicines/general public | 14 items in four subscales | 5- and 7-Point Likert-type scales and a yes/no response | Self-completion/2–3 weeks, or since last use | English/USA |
| TSQM II38 | Patient satisfaction with medicines | Adult outpatients, using new prescription medicine(s)/community pharmacy | Eleven items in four subscales | 5- and 7-Point Likert-type scales (eg, extremely dissatisfied to extremely satisfied) and a yes/no response | Self-completion/2–3 weeks, or since last use | English/USA |
| TSQM-950 | Patient satisfaction with medicines | Adult hypertensive patients, average age 55 years, on prescribed medicines/general public | Nine items in three subscales | 7-Point Likert-type scale (extremely dissatisfied to extremely satisfied) | Self-completion/2–3 weeks, or since last use | English/USA |
| SATMED-Q40 | Patient satisfaction with long-term medicines | Adult outpatients, with chronic condition, in receipt of ≥2 months of treatment/hospital and general public | 17 items in six subscales | 5-Point Likert-type scale (not at all, a little bit, somewhat, quite a bit, very much) | Self-completion/1 month | Spanish/Spain |
| PSMM51 | Patients’ perceptions of medicine management | Adult inpatients/hospital setting | Nine items in three domains | Likert-type: poor to excellent, much worse to much better, or strongly disagree to strongly agree (number of options not given) | Self-completion | English/USA |
| TBQ55 | Treatment burden among multi-morbid patients | Adults, of mean age 59 years, using average of two medicines daily/hospital and general practitioner clinic | 14 items: an open question, and 13 items in one scale | 0–10 scale (ranging from no burden to considerable burden) | Self-completion | French/France |
| PATD56 | Attitudes to deprescribing (desire, willingness, attempt to stop/reduce medicine use) | Adults with multiple chronic conditions, using one or more medicine/hospital | 15 items (number of subscales not known) | Ten items have a 5-point Likert-type scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree), four multiple-choice questions, and one item has pictorial response options | Self-completion | English/Australia |
| PSM57 | Perceived sensitivity to medicines and their adverse effects | HIV and hypertension patients, those on travel vaccination, and students/general practices, travel clinics, and university | Five items in one scale | 5-Point Likert-type scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree) | Self-completion | English/UK and New Zealand |
| The Okere–Reiner Survey53 | Perceived medicine knowledge and self-confidence in using medicines | Adult inpatients, of mean age 48 years, using one or more prescription medicine/hospital | Seven items in three subscales | 5-Point Likert-type scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree) | Self-completion and interviewer administered | English/USA |
| LMQ54 | Medicine-related burden | Adults, using one or more long-term medicines/hospital, community pharmacy, and general public | 60 items in eight domains | 5-Point Likert-type scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree) | Self-completion | English/UK |
| PROMPT-QoL41 | Pharmaceutical therapy-related quality of life | Adult outpatients, using regular medicines for ≥3 months/hospital | 43 items in ten domains | 5- and 4-Point Likert-type scales (range of options not clarified) | Self-completion | Thai/Thailand |
Abbreviations: BMQ, Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire; SIMS, Satisfaction with Information about Medicines Scale; DTC, Drug Therapy Concerns Questionnaire; TSQM, Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication; SATMED-Q, Treatment Satisfaction with Medicines Questionnaire; PSMM, Patient Satisfaction with Medication Management instrument; TBQ, Treatment Burden Questionnaire; PATD, Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing; PSM, Perceived Sensitivity to Medicines questionnaire; LMQ, Living with Medicines Questionnaire; PROMPT-QoL, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure of Pharmaceutical Therapy for Quality of Life.