Table 2.

Comparison of the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) score in message and no message groups by visit.

Visit		MMAS-8a score (N=98)				P valueb
		Low, n (%)	Medium, n (%)	Low and medium, n (%)	High, n (%)
Preop
	Message	18 (36)	21 (42)	39 (80)	10 (20)	.8c
	No message	22 (44)	18 (37)	40 (82)	9 (18)
PODd-7
	Message	1 (2)	1 (2)	2 (4)	47 (96)	.004e
	No message	0 (0)	13 (26)	13 (27)	36 (73)
POD-30
	Message	0 (0)	6 (12)	6 (12)	43 (88)	.74e
	No message	0 (0)	4 (9)	4 (9)	41 (91)

^aMMAS-8: 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale.

^bP value reflects low and medium compared with high.

^cP value based on chi-square test.

^dPOD: postop day.

^eP value based on Fishers exact test.