Table 4.

Patient's drug adherence of hypertension.

Questions	Yes	No	Yes (%)	No (%)
Do you sometimes forget to take your medication?	137	166	45.2	54.8
People sometimes miss taking their medication for reasons other than forgetting. Thinking over the past two weeks, were there any days when you did not take your medication?	86	217	28.4	76.6
Have you ever stopped or taken again medication without telling doctor?	43	260	14.2	85.8
When you leave/travel home, do you sometimes forget to take your medication?	83	220	27.4	72.6
Did you take your medicine yesterday?	246	57	81.2	18.8
When you feel like your health is under control, do you sometimes stop your medication?	47	256	15.5	84.5
Taking tablets every day is really unconvincing for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your treatment plan?	46	257	15.2	84.8
How often do you have difficulty remembering to take all your medicine?
Never/rarely—4	158	52.1
Once a while—3	126	41.6
Sometimes—2	19	6.3
Never—1