Table 2.

Frequency of endorsement of different reasons for nonadherence to cardiovascular medications.

Reason	N	% Endorsinga	% Responseb
			1	2	3	4	5
You forgot.	134	61.19	38.81	26.12	14.93	8.21	11.94
You were out of your routine.	136	50.74	49.26	16.16	17.65	9.56	7.35
You did not have the heart medication with you.	135	41.48	58.52	17.04	11.85	7.41	5.19
You had other things to deal with.	134	39.55	60.45	12.69	14.18	7.46	5.22
You ran out of the heart medication.	136	25.00	75.00	9.56	6.62	6.62	2.21
The heart medication caused side-effects.	136	21.32	78.68	5.88	6.62	3.68	5.15
You were feeling down or upset.	137	18.25	81.75	10.22	3.65	2.92	1.46
There was no-one to help you.	135	11.11	88.89	5.19	2.96	1.48	1.48
You did not think the heart medication would help you live a longer life.	135	10.37	89.63	1.48	3.70	3.70	1.48
You did not want to be reminded about your heart problem.	136	10.29	89.71	5.88	1.47	2.21	0.74
You could not get answers to your questions about why you needed to take the heart medication.	136	10.29	89.71	4.41	2.21	2.94	0.74

^aFor the latent class analysis, items were dichotomized to indicate endorsed (2–5) or not endorsed (1).

^b1 = “none of the time,” 2 = “a little of the time,” 3 = “some of the time,” 4 = “most of the time,” 5 = “all of the time”