Table 1.

Rates of non-adherence and error among patients with cancer

	N respondents	N	Example
Self-report nonadherence	92	16	Strongly agree or agree sometimes forget medicine
Reported missed dose in last 7 days for any medicine	77	10	Missed both morning trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole doses over the weekend
Medication error	92	72	Methotrexate bottle labeled take daily rather than once a week
Medication error and also an error	92	27	A child who was supposed to take mercaptopurine 1 tablet Monday to Friday and ½ tablet Saturday and Sunday. The parent did not understand this and gave the child 1 tablet every day.